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Gay-rights supporter Matthew "Skippy" Mauldin holds a flag during rally outside the Capitol Thursday, March 31, 2016, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Gay-rights supporter Matthew “Skippy” Mauldin holds a flag during rally outside the Capitol Thursday, March 31, 2016, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

If a newly-introduced bill passes in Missouri, state teachers and school counselors could face felony charges and possible jail time — and placement on the state’s sex offender registry — if they are found to help anyone under 18 years old to “socially transition” to a gender other than what they were assigned at birth, including helping someone change their pronouns, or even their haircut.

Known as House Bill 2885, the legislation introduced by Republican Rep. Jamie Gragg makes it a class E felony for a teacher or school counselor to “provide support, regardless of whether the support is material, information, or other resources to a child regarding social transition.”

A child is defined as anyone under 18, and “social transition,” according to the bill, is “the process by which an individual adopts the name, pronouns, and gender expression, such as clothing or haircuts, that match the individual’s gender identity and not the gender assumed by the individual’s sex at birth.”

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