SB 30 would expand Georgia’s restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for minors by banning puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries. It goes further than the existing SB 140 law from 2023 by removing some exceptions, increasing penalties for doctors, and allowing parents to sue medical providers. The substitute permits the use of blockers, if approved ahead of time by two psychiatrists or psychologists and under the care of a pediatrician certified in the condition or board-certified. The new language makes it very difficult for a minor currently receiving puberty blocker treatment to continue, but does not fully prohibit it.