The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill that would ban gender transition procedures on minors, sending it to the governor’s desk. The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 28-7 in favor of the measure. Katie Beck, a spokesperson for Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said that the governor “will review the bill more closely, listen to the debate, study it and make a decision on the legislation” before deciding if he will sign the bill into law. The bill, HB 1570, is titled the “Arkansas Save Adolescents From Experimentation” Act, or SAFE Act. It prohibits physicians and healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures to people under 18 years old, or referring the minors to other healthcare professionals for the procedures. The measure also prohibits use of public funds for gender transition procedures. “Public funds shall not be directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, or individual …