Summary

<p>A bill attaching criminal stigma to travel for youth gender-affirming care is up in House Finance Subcommittee on April 16. The bill is NOT a travel ban, but there are criminal penalties for recuriting, harboring, and transporting youth for gender-affirming care contrary to the wishes of parents. Criminal penalties result in expenses for the state. Some of those are already considered in the fiscal note. But if there is an expansive definition of recruiting, then the fiscal note should be higher. For example, is merely providing accurate information on where to get youth gender-affirming care an act of recruiting? If so, then costs to the state should be estimated to be higher.</p>