S336 · Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
2026 SessionLast action March 13, 2026
Sponsor: Smith, Carlos Guillermo
Companion: H317 (Identical)
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the “Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Prohibition Act”; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify an individual’s conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense, etc.