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Relating to the terms gender and sex, including a person’s sex designation listed on government documents
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 14, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law would require the terms "gender" and "sex" to mean the biological male or female designation found on a person's birth certificate. It prevents the state or any government group from listing a different gender or sex on official documents, such as licenses or applications, than what is on that person's birth certificate.1
Read the official explanation
1 sets forth certain general rules for the usage of terms throughout the Code. This bill defines the terms “gender” and “sex”, when used in reference to gender, to mean the biological sex designation of male or female on a person’s birth certificate.182, relating to driver’s licenses), the listed gender or sex must comply with the bill’s definition.23 provides that a new certificate of birth is issued upon receipt of proof of a change in sex designation. In addition, the bill specifies that the state or any governmental body is not allowed to list a person’s gender or sex designation listed on any application, form, list, license, or other document that is different from the gender or sex designation listed on the person’s official birth certificate.