WK 7: Young Woman Harmed By Transgender Drugs Speaks Out At State House +This Week's Bills

Legislative Week 7

Legislative Days 13-15 of 30

AL Minor Lived as Transgender "Man" for a Year - The Drugs Almost Killed Her!

Sydney testified in support of "VCAP" to ban transgender medical interventions on minors.

"The drugs ravaged my body, caused me to gain 50 pounds, landed me in the hospital 3 or 4 times. I developed clots and the drugs put me at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and teenage menopause. "

"Taking cross-sex hormones has permanently left me damaged with a man’s voice, and I continue to deal with multiple other side effects from these powerful drugs. I am on many medications at this time for what I did years ago, and I cannot change that going forward."

"As a former transgender “man” that learned a very hard lesson, please support this bill, and protect children from making the same mistake I made." Read her written testimony here.

SB184 Sen. Shelnutt HB266 Rep. Allen

BILL DESCRIPTION: This bill prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross sex hormones or surgeries for the sole purpose of changing a healthy minor's gender until they are 19 years old. It also provides for disclosure of certain information concerning students to parents by schools.

BILL STATUS: On Wednesday, Feb 23, the Senate bill SB184 passed the full Senate and is headed to the House. The House version (HB266) was in the House Judiciary Committee where a public hearing was held. The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday March 2nd. If it passes it will head to the full House for a vote.

EF's POSITION: VCAP is one of EF's priority bills. This bill overwhelmingly passed the full Senate 3 years in a row, and passed two different House committees. Unfortunately, it was never brought to a vote on the House floor.

URGENT ACTION: Some Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are waffling on this common-sense bill. Please contact Republican Judiciary Committee Members today and politely urge them to support HB266 (VCAP) to stop medical child abuse. See our talking points paper here.

K-12 Bathroom Bill Passes Full House

HB322 Rep. Stadthagen

BILL DESCRIPTION: This bill would require public K-12 schools to designate all rooms that are accessible to multiple students of one sex to be used by male and female students on the basis of biological sex.

BILL STATUS: On Wednesday, HB322 passed the House 74-24. See Roll Call votes here. It is headed to the Senate Education Committee.

EF's POSITION: We support this bill. The bill sponsor reported multiple instances where females have been raped by boys in school bathrooms in Alabama. This common-sense bill would help prevent that.

NEW BILLS WE'RE WATCHING

Ban Critical Race Theory (CRT)

HB312 Rep Oliver + 37 Co-Sponsors

BILL DESCRIPTION: This bill would prohibit this state and any of its political subdivisions or agencies from promoting or advancing certain concepts regarding race, sex, or religion in certain teaching or training. This bill would prohibit the state from teaching or training employees, contractors, teachers, or students to adopt or believe certain concepts regarding race, sex, or religion. This bill would prohibit public institutions of higher education and their employees from promoting or advancing certain concepts regarding race, sex, or religion except as part of teaching about doctrines regarding race, sex, or religion as part of a larger course of academic instruction without compelling students to assent to the concepts. This bill would prohibit public K-12 schools and public institutions of higher education and their employees from using or introducing courses of instruction or units of study directing or compelling students to adhere to or affirm certain concepts regarding race, sex, or religion.

BILL STATUS: There was a public hearing on Wed., Feb.23rd in the House State Government Committee. The Committee will vote on this bill on Wed., Mar. 2. If it passes, it will head to the House floor for a vote.

EF's POSITION: We strongly support this bill. See our brochure here about CRT and why it should be banned.

ACTION-URGENT: Contact the House State Government Committee members today and ask them to support HB312 that bans CRT.

Porn Filters on Cell Phones

HB43 Rep Sells

BILL DESCRIPTION: Relating to consumer protection; to require certain manufacturers of Internet-enabled devices to install filtering software to restrict access to certain material.

BILL STATUS: A public hearing on HB43 is scheduled for Wed., Mar. 2nd at 1:30 in room 200. You can watch online here just click "House Committee room 200".

EF's POSITION: We support this common sense bill that simply requires certain cell phone manufactures to their have porn filters "enabled" at time of purchase. See the harms and statistics of pornography usage in the 2020 Senate Joint Resolution which Eagle Forum helped write and pass declaring "Pornography as a Public Heath Crisis".

SEE BILLS WE'RE WATCHING BUT HAVENT MOVED THIS WEEK

SB40/HB123 Requires mental health officers and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in K-12. We adamantly oppose both bills. See week 6.

HB191 Removes requirement for Public Notary for some end-of-life patients. We oppose this bill. See Week 4.

SB140/HB245 School Choice Bill. See Week 4.

SB171 Numeracy Act. We oppose this bill. See Week 5.

HB170 Bans female genital mutilation. We support this bill. See Week 6.

HB160 Decriminalizes marijuana. We oppose this bill. See Week 6.

SB10 Bans online censorship. We support this bill. See Week 6.

Watch Committee Meetings

On Wednesday Online

One of the goals of Eagle Forum is to help you engage in important legislative issues. Below are links to the House and Senate committee meetings happening this week. Most are on Wednesday. Take a look at the list of bills that will be discussed in the committees and watch the ones that are of interest to you.

House committee meetings/bills: