The third bill, Senate Bill 1138, originally sought to ban all gender-affirming care for trans youth, including hormone replacement therapy and “puberty blockers.” Both are commonly used to stop the onset of irreversible physical changes in adolescence.

However, Republican State Senator Tyler Pace blocked the bill, narrowing its scope to only forbid “genital reassignment” surgeries for people under the age of 18.

In a hearing of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee, Pace said that the testimonies of transgender youth and their families influenced him.

“Many people…are using these avenues of medical treatments to save lives, to improve lives. I don’t want to stop those great things that are going on,” Pace said.