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Nebraska state senator Machaela Cavanaugh has been filibustering every piece of legislation that has come to the floor over a bill that would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming medical care to minors. The Nebraska Legislature will vote on LB 574 on Thursday. Cavanaugh has vowed to keep filibustering until trans rights are safe.
Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh has agreed to stop her filibuster of LB574, a bill that would ban gender-altering care for transgender youth, after making an agreement with State Senator John Arch. The bill will be debated on Tuesday, and Cavanaugh's spokesperson expects it to go to cloture next Thursday. Cavanaugh had previously vowed to filibuster every bill for the rest of the session.
State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh compared a bill that would ban gender-affirming therapies for those under age 19 to the genocide of trans youth, leading to a dispute with Sen. Julie Slama who moved to censure Cavanaugh. Speaker John Arch said Slama's motion would not be taken up, and debate continued. Nebraska lawmakers have advanced only 26 bills to the second round of debate, prompting Arch to plan for day and night work later this month to get more bills considered.