Senate on Monday.Lawmakers approved the bill, mainly along party lines, in a 28-7 vote in the Republican-controlled Arkansas Senate.
The Republican-sponsored bill had earlier passed in the House in a 70-22 vote in favor of the legislation, which was again mainly along party lines.Bill 1570, called Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, will now land on Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson's desk, where he is expected to sign it into law.Unless the bill is vetoed by Hutchinson, doctors would be forbidden from providing hormone treatment or surgery for transgender children and adolescents.