---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gender transition procedures for minors."
description: "Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from: (1) knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor); and (2) aiding or abetting another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor. Specifies certain medical exceptions. Establishes civil enforcement actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Indiana SB 480 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS generally", "CIVIL ACTIONS generally", "HEALTH generally", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Gary Byrne", "Joanna King", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/227b0d78-1ec2-455d-8a29-df6484106d2d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480"
source_hash: "2b1a1b57aa4f327203da4cdaf51a2cc676ce0812fc7e15302bb387f74a10af21"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 480 (2023) — Gender transition procedures for minors.

Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from: (1) knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor); and (2) aiding or abetting another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor. Specifies certain medical exceptions. Establishes civil enforcement actions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0480/versions/SB0480.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0480/versions/SB0480.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0480/versions/SB0480.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0480/versions/SB0480.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0480/versions/SB0480.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 480 - King J - 3rd Reading — **65–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Gary Byrne — primary (person)
- Joanna King — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senator Johnson
- **2023-01-19** Coauthored by Senators Byrne, Donato, Doriot, Gaskill, Buck, Ford Jon, Freeman, Raatz, Zay, Walker G, Messmer, Sandlin, Rogers, Tomes, Niemeyer, Buchanan, Alexander
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senator Ford Jon removed as coauthor
- **2023-01-30** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2023-02-21** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2023-02-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senator Young M added as coauthor
- **2023-02-27** Amendment #7 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Amendment #4 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 165: yeas 12, nays 37 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 207: yeas 36, nays 12 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** House sponsor: Representative King
- **2023-02-28** Cosponsor: Representative Davis M
- **2023-02-28** Senator Byrne removed as coauthor
- **2023-02-28** Senator Byrne added as third author
- **2023-03-01** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Representative Teshka J added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment #1 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 290: yeas 29, nays 56 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment #2 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 291: yeas 28, nays 58 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment #3 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 292: yeas 28, nays 59 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment #4 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 293: yeas 27, nays 60 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 306: yeas 65, nays 30 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Public Law 10 `became-law`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/227b0d78-1ec2-455d-8a29-df6484106d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).