SF 5017 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Prohibition repeal on conversion therapy with minors and vulnerable adults

This bill removes the existing ban on conversion therapy for minors and vulnerable adults in Minnesota, allowing mental health practitioners to offer such services to these groups again. The legislation repeals the specific statutes that previously prohibited mental health professionals from attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity with clients under 18 or those classified as vulnerable adults. While the bill eliminates the prohibition, it retains the legal definition of conversion therapy, which excludes counseling that supports gender transition or provides acceptance and coping strategies without seeking to alter sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Apr 2026
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Introduced Apr 9, 2026 Last action Apr 13, 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
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Referred to Health and Human Services
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Apr 9, 2026
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Introduction and first reading
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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