Some Republican senators say a new version of a bill that would prevent gender transition services for minors goes too far.

The so-called do Not Harm Bill, sponsored by Representative Jennifer Decker, passed the House last week and a Senate committee today.

Former State Representative Jerry Miller, a Louisville Republican, testified against the measure, citing his personal experience with his young grandchild.

Do I wish he were a, quote, normal boy?

Absolute yes.

But Joan is not.

I still screw up the pronoun thing, but regardless of anything, I'm going to love my grandchild and fight for what I think is best for Jonah.

HB 470 will not, quote, do no harm, close quote.

Quite the opposite.

This bill condemns vulnerable children to an even more difficult life than they've already been born into.

A number of people spoke in favor of the bill, including Patricia Mosely, who said she regrets transitioning as a teen.

My parents were lied to and manipulated by the same therapists and my doctors.

They were told to choose between a dead daughter and a living son.

I had already attempted suicide by this time, and this was held over them as proof that they were not affirming me enough.

Doctors said that if I was not medicalized, I would try to kill myself again.

Testosterone caused severe emotional and physical issues.

It made my emotions harder to control and understand.

Several senators said they struggled with added language in the bill.

Still, many of them voted for it, saying they hope to make changes before the bill reaches the Senate floor.

The part that's giving me a lot of trouble is one inpatient outpatient hospital services that is written so broadly.

If I'm the lawyer for a doctor, I don't know how to tell them to answer a question that a mom or a dad asks.

Even if I was the doctor myself and I wanted to ask a question about it or if I was being asked a question and I don't believe in this.

I don't believe in transitioning.

I don't think that's good.

I think it's healthy.

I think it goes against what God created.

But if I was the doctor in that situation, even if I wanted to steer that child away, I don't know how it answer the question in a way that one parent might not think I was trying to assist.

That liability is huge.

I think it's overly hostile to providers and we didn't have to go that far.

I too.

I don't like the bill, but I hate the tone of the bill.

I think we could have accomplished what we needed to accomplish without going so far.

I'm in the process of working on some changes to this bill.

House Bill 470, as amended, passed the committee on a vote of 6 to 3.

Another transgender bill, Senate bill 150 has been rolled in to House Bill 470, and the provisions in it have changed.

The bill now includes language that would ban any child, regardless of grade level, from studying or exploring gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

It also requires schools to develop a bathroom policy that grants students a quote right to privacy from members of the opposite sex.

Senator Max Wise, who sponsors Senate Bill 150, says his bill aims to make sure parents are communicated with about school curriculum and to move away from matters like the use of student preferred pronouns.