2025 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB1399: Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors - Prohibition (Protect the Kids Act)
Legislative Summary
Prohibiting a licensed health care practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a cross-sex hormone or otherwise providing cross-sex hormone therapy for the treatment of certain mental health diagnoses to an individual who is a minor.
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Bill History
2/7/2025
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Hearing 3/11 at 2:45 p.m.
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health and Government Operations(House of Delegates)
Sponsors
Republican: 16
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Lauren Arikan
Republican
Co-Sponsors (16)
Christopher Adams
Republican
Brian Chisholm
Republican
Mark Fisher
Republican
Jeff Ghrist
Republican
Robin Grammer
Republican
Wayne Hartman
Republican
Tom Hutchinson
Republican
Nicholaus Kipke
Republican
Matt Morgan
Republican
Ryan Nawrocki
Republican
LaToya Nkongolo
Republican
Teresa Reilly
Republican
Sheree Sample-Hughes
Democrat
Kathy Szeliga
Republican
William Valentine
Republican
William Wivell
Republican