The halfway point of the 2025 General Assembly Session is almost here. The activity around Capitol Square has ramped into overdrive as we race toward Crossover, the point at which each chamber can only take up the other chamber's bills. And while I'm disappointed with the overall outcome from our Democratic majority, I am proud of the successes we've had.
Like most of my Republican colleagues, several of my bills were not even given a hearing and most that were heard, were dismissed. One of those would have required that ballot drop boxes be monitored by video. I pointed out to the Democrat-controlled committee hearing the bill, that since moving to 45 days of voting, there is a lot of room for mischief and having the boxes monitored by video would boost confidence. If we're going to the expense of a 45-day voting season, let's at least put video monitoring in place to make the drop boxes more secure.
Another of my bills, which wasn't even docketed, calls for a 20-year statute of limitations for victims of sex-disguising ("trans-gender") procedures to sue their medical provider. The ethics of having children make decisions that could permanently alter their physical constitution is questionable at best and those who manipulate vulnerable children in this way should be held accountable.
- President Trump agrees and has issued an executive order banning the use of Federal funds for "gender-affirming" care for minors. The banned procedures include treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery. As such, Attorney General Miyares issued the following guidance to UVA and VCU:
- "Given the plain terms of this Executive Order, the chemical and surgical mutilation of children must end immediately. Any institution that continues to engage in such mutilation unacceptably and unjustifiably endangers not only itself and the Commonwealth, but also the vulnerable children of this Commonwealth."
- Both the AG's advice and the President's executive order were given because the evidence shows that the treatment of gender dysphoria in children is not good for them. Puberty blockers are widely recognized as dangerous and even our more leftist friends in Europe are backing away from prescribing these drugs to children. Cross gender hormonal treatment can lead to the permanent sterilization. Children aren't allowed to make lifelong decisions for good reason. We don't allow them to get married, get a tattoo, or enter a binding contract and the decision they make under pressure from adults amounts to permanent damage for a temporary problem. My Democrat colleagues in the House couldn't disagree more and gave a standing ovation to yesterday's speech attached below:
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