Virginia Senate Bill 988 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-01-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Sexual orientation change efforts prohibited. Prohibits any health care provider from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with any person under 18 years of age. The bill defines "sexual orientation change efforts" as including the provision of treatment, interventions, counseling, or services intended to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expressions, but not including treatment, interventions, counseling, or services provided to persons seeking to transition from one gender to another or that provide acceptance, social support, and identity exploration and development.

Sexual orientation change efforts prohibited.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2015-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-22	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
2015-01-22	Senate	Committee substitute printed 15104069D-S1
2015-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2015-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102999D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2409.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB988
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB988+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB988S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S04V0034+SB0988