Positive legislation continues to work its way through state houses as lawmaking sessions draw to a close. Though reformers in Louisiana had an especially busy week, a bill making its way through the New Hampshire legislature is also significant and promises to aid in the fight against gender insanity.
In Louisiana, three important bills continue to move toward enactment into law.
As mentioned in this space two weeks ago, SB234 concerns the grading systems used by the state’s public medical schools. If passed and signed, the legislation will require such institutions to use “a tiered grading system” rather than simple pass/fail frameworks. This reform, currently awaiting Governor Jeff Landry’s signature, would help ensure that med schools sufficiently measure the extent to which students have mastered the material.
SB304, discussed here last week, has passed the Louisiana House and awaits Senate concurrence. This bill would allow the state’s public colleges and universities to choose any institutional accreditor that has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, thus loosening schools’ now-mandatory ties to the sometimes politicized Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Finally, HB775 addresses the extent to which Louisiana parents may oversee the “medical or surgical care or services” to which their minor children have access. Currently awaiting a Senate committee vote after passing the House unanimously, the bill mandates (with modest exceptions) that providers seek parental consent to medical services performed on children under the age of 17. Furthermore, the bill ensures parental access to minor children’s medical records.
New Hampshire’s pending legislation also concerns medical services provided to children.
New Hampshire’s HB1356, now awaiting House concurrence after passing the Senate, builds on the Granite State’s 2025 legislation banning so-called gender-affirming care for minors. Specifically, HB 1356 would extend to 10 years the statute of limitations for lawsuits related to child transgender interventions.
As previously discussed in this space, Tennessee made a similar move earlier this year, suggesting that reformers across state lines are eager to hold rogue providers accountable.
These measures are welcome developments, and Do No Harm Action will be cheering lawmakers on as they debate them. Legislators in other states should take notice.