Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Summary
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; 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.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2025
Last action Jun 16, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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