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HB679Introduced in the House of Delegates

Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors

IntroducedHouse Health

Introduced by Lauren Arikan, District 7

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Prohibiting a licensed health care practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a cross-sex hormone or otherwise providing cross-sex hormone therapy for the treatment of a mental health diagnoses associated with gender nonconformity, including gender dysphoria, to an individual who is a minor.

Where it stands

Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.

February 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. First Reading Health

  2. Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. Hearing canceled

  4. Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.

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