US EditionIdaho Democrats Blast GOP for Blocking Minority Report Criticizing Bill on Trans Students
House Bill 822 passed 59-9 requiring parental notification within three days for minors seeking gender transition steps, with fines up to $100,000 for violations.
- On Wednesday, the Idaho House passed House Bill 822, requiring schools, health care providers and child care providers to notify parents within three days of minors' social transition requests.
- Following a GOP motion, leaders moved to block the minority report, with Skaug saying 'Hiding critical information for a child's well-being from parents is not in the child's best interest'.
- The House approved the bill in a 59-9 vote with two abstentions, with Rep. Jack Nelsen voting against it and eight Democrats opposing, enabled by the GOP's 61-seat supermajority.
- The bill now heads to the Idaho Senate, and the Attorney General could investigate entities and seek up to a $100,000 fine for violations.
- The eight-page minority report argued HB 822 is constitutionally vulnerable and harmful, while committee members said testimony was rushed to 14 minutes despite around 30 opposing and 10 supporting speakers.
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Idaho State Journal
Idaho House passes bill to force schools and doctors to out transgender minors to their parents
The Idaho House widely passed a bill Wednesday that would require school officials and health professionals to out transgender minors to their parents, or face lawsuits.
Idaho Press
NCWLIFE‘To just silence us is a step too far’: House Republicans halt report criticizing gender transition bill
BOISE — A new bill seeking to require doctors and educators to out transgender minors to their parents passed out of the House without significant controversy on Wednesday. A few minutes later, that lack of controversy was wiped away as…
Idaho Democrats blast GOP for blocking Minority Report criticizing bill on trans students
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — Idaho House Democrats are decrying what they call an 'egregious abuse of supermajority power' after the Republican supermajority voted to suspend House rules to block a formal minority report from being entered into the official House Journal. The move followed the passage of House Bill 822, a measure aimed at ending "secretive transitions" in Idaho schools and healthcare settings. A "Supermajority" Maneuver Though HB 822 p…
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