Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Act 2020

The Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Act 2020 is an act of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly prohibiting conversion therapy.

Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Act 2020
Long title An Act about conversion practices relating to sexuality and gender identity, and for other purposes
Citation	A2020-49
Passed	27 August 2020
Assented to	4 September 2020
Introduced by	Andrew Barr MLA, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality and Shane Rattenbury MLA, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety
Introduced	13 August 2020
Status: Current legislation

Development

The ACT Human Rights Commission was closely involved in the development of the legislation.^[1]

In 2018, Minister for Health and Wellbeing Meegan Fitzharris announced that the ACT Government would pass legislation to ban conversion therapy.^[2] The legislation was delayed because of difficulties in legally defining conversion therapy.^[3]

Provisions

The legislation bans all practices aimed at changing a person's sexual or gender identity.^[4] Offences under the act may be punished with a sentence of up to 12 months or a fine of up to A$24,000.^[5]