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Trans medical data win protection

September 13, 2025

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Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers passed a bill this week that would expand the state's protections of transgender people by shielding their medical data from being shared with Republican-led states and law enforcement.

- BY DAKOTA SMITH

Trans medical data win protection

A MARCHER carries a transgender pride flag at a San Francisco event in June.

Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Senate Bill 497 builds on California's "Transgender State of Refuge" law - also by Wiener that passed in 2022 and guards transgender people from persecution from outside state laws and policies.

SB 497 would bar healthcare providers from releasing a person's gender-affirming healthcare data via a subpoena or request based on another state's laws.

The bill also would prevent law enforcement from using prescription drug-data to target individuals for receiving or providing care.

Democratic-led states, including California, have expanded the rights of LGBTQ+ people while Republican-led states and the Trump administration adopt laws and policies restricting their rights.

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