A sign in support of transgender Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (HD-100) is posted in the front yard of a home on May 03, 2023, in Missoula, Montana. Transgender Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (HD-100) was censured and barred from participating in the legislature from the House floor by House Republicans in the Montana State Legislature for breaking House rules of decorum by saying state legislators would have blood on your hands if a transgender youth care ban was passed. (JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES)
WASHINGTON — Around 19.3% of all state legislator censures have occurred in 2023.
Six state legislators have been censured this year—the second-highest number of state lawmakers censured in one year since the first case in 1838. Overall, lawmakers censured this year account for 19.3% of the 31 cases we’ve tracked.
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