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California lawmakers passed legislation protecting transgender people’s medical data from being shared with Republican-led states and federal law enforcement without warrants.

The bill bars healthcare providers from releasing gender-affirming care information via subpoenas based on other states’ laws targeting transgender individuals.

California lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the state’s protections of transgender people by shielding their medical data from being shared with Republican-led states and law enforcement.

Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Senate Bill 497 builds on California’s “Transgender State of Refuge” law — also by Wiene

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