HB0174 • 2026

Sex Characteristic Change Treatment Amendments

Children

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Rep. Shipp, Rex P.
Last action: 2026-03-18
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Sex Characteristic Change Treatment Amendments

This bill amends provisions related to the provision of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors.

What This Bill Does

This bill amends provisions related to the provision of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors.

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Bill History

2026-03-18 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Signed
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-06 Executive Branch - Governor
House/ to Governor
2026-03-03 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2026-03-03 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-03-03 Clerk of the House
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-03-03 Clerk of the House
House/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-03-03 House Speaker
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-03 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2026-03-03 Senate President
Senate/ received from House
2026-03-03 House Speaker
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2026-03-03 House Speaker
Senate/ to House
2026-03-02 Senate President
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2026-03-02 Senate President
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2026-03-02 Clerk of the House
House/ motion to reconsider
2026-03-02 House Concurrence Calendar
House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2026-03-02 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-03-02 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-02-27 House Concurrence Calendar
House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2026-02-27 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-02-27 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0174S02
2026-02-27 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0174S02
2026-02-27 Clerk of the House
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-27 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House with amendments
2026-02-27 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ uncircled
2026-02-26 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0174S02
2026-02-26 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0174S02
2026-02-26 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 3rd reading
2026-02-26 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ circled
2026-02-26 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ circled
2026-02-26 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ substituted
2026-02-26 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ uncircled
2026-02-25 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 2nd reading
2026-02-25 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2026-02-19 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0174S01
2026-02-19 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0174S01
2026-02-19 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
Senate/ comm rpt/ amended
2026-02-19 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-02-18 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
2026-02-18 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-09 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-06 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-05 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-05 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-05 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-05 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-01-29 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0174S01
2026-01-28 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-01-28 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ comm rpt/ amended
2026-01-28 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0174S01
2026-01-27 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
2026-01-27 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-01-26 House Rules Committee
Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm
2026-01-26 House Rules Committee
House/ substituted by Rules
2026-01-26 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-23 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0174S01
2026-01-23 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0174S01
2026-01-20 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-16 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0174
2026-01-16 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0174
2026-01-14 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-07 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-01-07 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0174
2026-01-07 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0174
2026-01-07 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill amends provisions related to the provision of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors.

Current Bill Text

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26B-1-239
58-1-603.1
0
Sex Characteristic Change Treatment Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp
Senate Sponsor: Daniel McCay
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to the provision of cross-sex hormones and puberty
blockers to minors.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
prohibits providing cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors after a certain
date.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
This bill provides revisor instructions.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
58-1-603.1
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 2 and further amended by Revisor
Instructions, Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 2
REPEALS:
26B-1-239
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 507
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
The following section is affected by a revisor instruction at the end of this bill.
Section 1. Section
58-1-603.1
is amended to read:
58-1-603.1
. Hormonal transgender treatment prohibition for minors.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Cross-sex hormone treatment" means administering, prescribing, or supplying for
effectuating or facilitating an individual's attempted sex change:
(i)
to an individual whose biological sex at birth is female, a dose of testosterone or
other androgens at levels above those normally found in an individual whose
biological sex at birth is female; or
(ii)
to an individual whose biological sex at birth is male, a dose of estrogen or a
synthetic compound with estrogenic activity or effect at levels above those
normally found in an individual whose biological sex at birth is male.
(b)
"Health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section
58-1-603
.
(b)
(c)
"Hormonal transgender treatment" means the same as that term is defined in
Section
58-1-603
.
(d)
"Minor" means the same as that term is defined in Section
58-1-603
.
(2)
A
Subject to Subsection
(3)
, a
health care provider may not provide a hormonal
transgender treatment to a patient who:
(a)
is a minor
as defined in Section
58-1-603
; and
(b)
is not diagnosed with gender dysphoria before January 28, 2023.
(3)
Notwithstanding Subsection
58-1-603(3)(a)
, beginning on January 28, 2027, a health
care provider may not provide a hormonal transgender treatment to a patient who is a
minor if the patient:
(a)
would be younger than 16 years old as of the effective date of this bill; or
(b)
has not received cross-sex hormones as of the effective date of this bill.
(4)
A health care provider who provides hormonal transgender treatment to a minor for the
purpose of discontinuing treatment before January 28, 2027, may provide the treatment
without obtaining a transgender treatment certification described in Section
58-1-603
.
(3)
(5)
A violation of Subsection
(2)
or (3)
is unprofessional conduct.
Section 2.
Repealer.
Systematic medical evidence review of hormonal transgender
treatments.
Section 3.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect:
(1)
except as provided in Subsection (2),
May 6, 2026
; or
(2)
if approved by two-thirds of all members elected to each house:
(a)
upon approval by the governor;
(b)
without the governor's signature, the day following the constitutional time limit of
Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8; or
(c)
in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.
Section 4.
Revisor instructions.
The Legislature intends that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
preparing the Utah Code database for publication, to revise Section 58-1-603.1 by replacing
each instance of the phrase "the effective date of this bill" with the bill's actual effective date.
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