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Budget targets, refuge for trans people and abortion rights: Capitol week in review [1]

['Max Nesterak', 'More From Author', '- March']

Date: 2023-04 

Budget targets, refuge for trans people and abortion rights: Capitol week in review

Budget targets, refuge for trans people and abortion rights: Capitol week in review

by Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer

March 24, 2023

Members of the Minnesota House stayed up through the night Thursday into Friday, debating first a bill to ban private prisons, which passed, and then the “Trans Refuge Bill,” which also passed around 5:30 a.m. Friday. The bill prohibits people from other states from being arrested for giving or receiving gender-affirming care in Minnesota, even if they come from a state that has made the care illegal.

Meanwhile, Iowa’s governor signed a bill yesterday banning gender-affirming care.

Here are some other highlights from this week at the Capitol:

Reformer reporters Michelle Griffith and Deena Winter contributed.

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