Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Summary
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the “Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defense 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 the conduct of the individual who commits a criminal offense, or to mitigate the severity of a criminal offense, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/30/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lauren Book
DDemocratic
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