GAC bans for minors were first floated in a couple of low-detail bills in NH in 2018 and one very detailed one in IL in 2019, but it wasn't until 2020, when a flotilla of boilerplate bills made their appearance across the country, largely under the label "The Vulnerable Child Protection Act"

In the summer of 2019 first drafts of the V-CAP bill were floated among a collection of conservative groups, partially networked through SD state senator Deutsch, with refined versions pre-filed that fall. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Inside the secret working group that helped push anti-trans laws across the country

Leaked emails give a glimpse of the religious-right networks behind transgender health care bans.