A new Florida law bans sex reassignment surgeries and medications for minors. DeSantis signed the bill in May, which prohibited medications, cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, which some doctors have used to treat gender dysphoria.

“And it’s sad that we even have to say this, but we have done, not just through our Board of Medicine, but even now through statute, we have prohibited puberty blockers and operations on gender for minors. It’s mutilation, it’s wrong and it has no place in our society. And we need to step up and say this and take action,” Desantis said at the conference.

Under a new Florida law, challenged books are required to be removed from circulation until a decision is made on whether they are appropriate for grade levels.