"The Colorado General Assembly on Thursday approved , legislation that rewrites the state's conversion therapy statute in direct response to the Supreme Court's March in Chiles v. Salazar. The bill now heads to Gov. Jared Polis, a gay Democrat, who is expected to sign it into law."
""The passage of HB26-1322 is a clear statement from Colorado's Legislature that conversion therapy is dangerous and has lasting negative impacts on those who are exposed to it," Mardi Moore, chief executive officer of Rocky Mountain Equality, told The Advocate in a statement. "This law keeps the state ban on the practice in place by complying with Chiles v. Salazar to ensure viewpoint neutrality, and gives survivors additional time to hold practitioners who did harm accountable.""
"But Colorado lawmakers are betting the justices themselves left a roadmap. The Supreme Court's ruling did not endorse conversion therapy, nor did it reject decades of medical consensus finding the practice harmful. Instead, the court concluded that Colorado's earlier improperly regulated therapists' speech based on viewpoint, particularly in the context of talk therapy involving minors."
Colorado’s General Assembly approved HB26-1322 to rewrite the state’s conversion therapy statute in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s March decision in Chiles v. Salazar. The bill is expected to be signed by Gov. Jared Polis. The measure aims to keep the ban in place while complying with the Court’s requirement for viewpoint neutrality. The Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s earlier attempt because it improperly regulated therapists’ speech based on viewpoint, especially in talk therapy involving minors. The new law is intended to address that constitutional issue and provide additional time for survivors to hold practitioners accountable for harm.
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