SF0098 • 2024

Statute of limitations-medical procedures on minors.

AN ACT relating to civil procedure; extending the statute of limitations for causes of action for gender transition services performed on minors; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Children Healthcare

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Senator Bouchard
Last action: 2024-03-05
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and therefore has no effective date or applicability as of now.

Extending Time Limit for Legal Action Against Gender Transition Services for Minors

The bill proposes to extend the statute of limitations for legal actions against gender transition services performed on minors until their twenty-first birthday.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to allow people who were under 18 when they received gender transition services to sue until age 21.
Defines 'gender transition services' as medical or surgical treatments that help someone change their physical appearance from one gender to another, including puberty-blocking drugs and hormone therapy.

Who It Names or Affects

Minors who received gender transition services
Health care providers who perform gender transition services on minors

Terms To Know

Statute of limitations: The time period within which a legal action must be filed.
Gender transition services: Medical or surgical treatments that help someone change their physical appearance from one gender to another, including puberty-blocking drugs and hormone therapy.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass in the session.
It only applies to cases starting on July 1, 2024, if it were to be enacted.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0098SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes specific definitions and sections related to gender transition services for minors from the bill.

Removes the definition of 'gender transition services' that was previously listed on page 2, line 9.
Deletes lines 11 through 23 on page 2 which contained additional details about gender transition services.
Eliminates pages 3 and 4 entirely.
Removes lines 2 through 19 from page 5.

The amendment does not specify what new content, if any, will replace the deleted sections.

Bill History

2024-03-05 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2024-02-28 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-27 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 26-5-0-0-0
2024-02-26 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2024-02-23 Senate
S COW:Passed
2024-02-21 Senate
S Placed on General File
2024-02-21 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2024-02-16 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 27-4-0-0-0
2024-02-13 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2024-02-12 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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2024
STATE OF WYOMING
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ENGROSSED
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0098

Statute of limitations-medical procedures on minors.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Bouchard, Biteman, Boner, Brennan, Dockstader, French, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Kinskey, Kolb, Laursen, D, McKeown and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Andrew, Davis, Heiner, Hornok, Jennings, Knapp, Locke, Niemiec, Ottman, Pendergraft, Penn, Rodriguez-Williams, Slagle, Strock, Styvar, Trujillo and Winter

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to civil procedure; extending the statute of limitations for causes of action for gender transition services performed on minors; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 1
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105 by creating a new subsection (c) is amended to read:

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105.

Actions other than recovery of real property.

(c)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or W.S. 1
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107, a civil action based upon an act, error or omission against a minor in the provision of gender transition services shall be brought not later than the minor's twenty
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first birthday. For purposes of this subsection "gender transition services" means any medical or surgical service provided or performed for the purpose of assisting a person with a physical gender transition, including without limitation inpatient and outpatient hospital services, puberty
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blocking drugs, cross
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sex hormones, genital or nongenital gender reassignment surgery or other related services provided by a health care provider as defined in W.S. 1
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130(b)(i).

Section 2.

This act applies to causes of action arising on and after July 1, 2024.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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