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"This bill could take away the medicine that saves lives of transgender people across our state," Bandy told lawmakers. "If you pass this bill, you will have blood on your hands."
Lawmakers also heard from Kristen Castle, the mother of transgender teen whose insurer rejected their hormone treatment on religious grounds, and from Elizabeth Campbell, an oncologist who warned the bill was being misrepresented and would harm health care.
"I've seen people denied the right to die who wanted to die because they were done with cancer," Campbell said. "Their families wanted them to be able to be released. But then somebody in billing decided that was unethical, interfering with the doctor-patient relationship and making them die in pain. This is the threshold of the same kind of action."
White had asked to remove the bill from the agenda for more work, but ultimately agreed to allow a vote. It passed committee on a voice vote along party lines. But White said she would make changes to it before its next appearance in the House Judiciary committee.