A Republican-backed bill to ban trans Tennessee youth from accessing puberty blockers, hormone treatments and other health care procedures passed out of a key Senate committee on Tuesday, the final hurdle before going to a full Senate vote.

A motion to send the bill to summer study, a move to effectively kill a bill for this current session, by Sen. Sara Kyle, D-Memphis, failed on a party line vote.

Filed as the first piece of legislation for the 113th Tennessee General Assembly, the bill has moved swiftly through both chambers, and could be up for a full vote as early as next week. The companion House bill, HB 1, is up for a final committee vote in the House on Wednesday.

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Senate Majority Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, and House Majority William Lamberth, R-Portland, are backing the legislation.

© George Walker IV / The Tennessean State Rep. William Lamberth and State Senator Jack Johnson arrive for the Inauguration Ceremony of Governor Bill Lee at Legislative Plaza Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.

Doctors would be prohibited under the law from providing any health care to minors “to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with” their sex assigned at birth. Medical professionals could lose their licenses to practice under the bill.

Advancing legislation:Tennessee bill to ban trans treatments for minors advances in committees

The legislation also opens up a private right of action that would allow individuals who underwent similar treatments as a minor to sue their parents for damages. The attorney general could also sue a healthcare provider under the law.

Republican lawmakers have also proposed adding a provision to the Tennessee civil code that could classify allowing a minor to seek treatments for gender dysphoria as child abuse or neglect. The proposed language is broadly written and defines abuse as a minor sustaining, or in danger, of a “wound, injury, disability or physical or mental condition” caused by a medical procedure authorized by a parent or guardian.

Reach Melissa Brown at mabrown@tennessean.com.

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