Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Summary
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Prohibits individuals from using nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify conduct of individual who commits criminal offense, or to mitigate severity of criminal offense.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Oct 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
lower
Oct 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Oct 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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