Representative Howell delivered a speech against SB164, a bill that would charge parents with child abuse for providing gender affirming care even if they were merely driving through the state.
So, essentially, the bill was defeated because 17 Republicans realized that this bill would devastate their meager tourist trade as well as the tourist passthrough revenue. Because the law was so astoundingly ambiguous that people who aren’t taking those drugs for gender affirming care would be subject to arrest and harassment by the police.
So, essentially, the bill was defeated because 17 Republicans realized that this bill would devastate their meager tourist trade as well as the tourist passthrough revenue. Because the law was so astoundingly ambiguous that people who aren’t taking those drugs for gender affirming care would be subject to arrest and harassment by the police.