| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 4540 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The Michigan penal code," (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 135b. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 135b. (1) A person shall not provide a puberty-blocking drug to a minor to delay or suppress pubertal development in that minor to assist that minor with a gender transition. (2) A person shall not provide genital gender reassignment surgery to a minor. (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years. (4) As used in this section: (a) "Gender transition" means the process in which an individual shifts from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to the individual's sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from the individual's sex, and may include social, legal, or physical changes. (b) "Genital gender reassignment surgery" means a medical procedure that is knowingly performed to assist an individual with a gender transition, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (i) A penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or vulvoplasty for a male sex patient. (ii) A hysterectomy or ovariectomy for a female sex patient. (iii) A surgical reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra with or without a metoidioplasty. (iv) A phalloplasty, vaginectomy, or scrotoplasty, or the implantation of erection or testicular prostheses for a female sex patient. (c) "Minor" means an individual who is less than 18 years of age. (d) "Puberty-blocking drug" means either of the following: (i) A gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue or other synthetic drug used in a male sex individual to stop luteinizing hormone secretion or production and testosterone secretion or production. (ii) A synthetic drug used in a female sex individual to stop the production or secretion of estrogens and progesterone. |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 4540 |
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| 31 | 31 | | A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled |
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| 33 | 33 | | "The Michigan penal code," |
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| 35 | 35 | | (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 135b. |
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| 37 | 37 | | the people of the state of michigan enact: |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 135b. (1) A person shall not provide a puberty-blocking drug to a minor to delay or suppress pubertal development in that minor to assist that minor with a gender transition. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) A person shall not provide genital gender reassignment surgery to a minor. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) As used in this section: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) "Gender transition" means the process in which an individual shifts from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to the individual's sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from the individual's sex, and may include social, legal, or physical changes. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) "Genital gender reassignment surgery" means a medical procedure that is knowingly performed to assist an individual with a gender transition, including, but not limited to, any of the following: |
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| 51 | 51 | | (i) A penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or vulvoplasty for a male sex patient. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (ii) A hysterectomy or ovariectomy for a female sex patient. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (iii) A surgical reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra with or without a metoidioplasty. |
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| 57 | 57 | | (iv) A phalloplasty, vaginectomy, or scrotoplasty, or the implantation of erection or testicular prostheses for a female sex patient. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (c) "Minor" means an individual who is less than 18 years of age. |
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| 61 | 61 | | (d) "Puberty-blocking drug" means either of the following: |
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| 63 | 63 | | (i) A gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue or other synthetic drug used in a male sex individual to stop luteinizing hormone secretion or production and testosterone secretion or production. |
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| 65 | 65 | | (ii) A synthetic drug used in a female sex individual to stop the production or secretion of estrogens and progesterone. |
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