Legislation - HB1589

Title: Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)
Sponsored by: Delegates Martinez, Fair, Acevero, Cullison, and Woorman
Status: In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Analysis

Synopsis

Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.

Committees

Original:: Rules and Executive Nominations

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0626

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1368 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/15/2026 Legislative Date 2/15/2026 Action First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/15/2026	2/15/2026	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
			Text - First - Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)

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