Utah House passes bill to fully ban transgender treatments for minors

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 1,365

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Two bills to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender people and another to require private insurers to cover “detransition” treatments won approval from the Republican-controlled Utah House on Thursday.

All three bills now advance to the Senate for further consideration.

Full ban on transgender hormonal treatments for kids

The first bill to win approval was HB174, which would turn Utah’s 2023 moratorium on newly prescribed hormonal transgender treatments for Utahns under …

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