S0336Introduced in the Senate
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Introduced by Carlos Smith, District 17
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Citing this act as the "Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Prohibition Act"; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify an individual's conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense, etc.
Where it stands
Died in Criminal Justice
March 13, 2026
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Bill history
Filed
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
Introduced
Died in Criminal Justice
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