Georgia bill banning transgender surgeries on minors one step closer to becoming law

The state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 140 on Thursday.

The vote was 96-75 along party lines.

The bill would prohibit hospitals and doctors from performing sex reassignment surgeries on minors or prescribing them hormone replacement therapies to treat gender dysphoria.

Physicians who violate the proposed law would face disciplinary action from the state medical board and could lose their license.