Texas Scorecard by Luca Cacciatore 3/10/2025
The hot-button issue was at the front and center of a lengthy Senate State Affairs Committee hearing. Texas senators heard testimony on a measure requiring birth certificates to only display a person’s sex at birth.
The item was considered alongside other unrelated measures on Monday before the Senate Committee on State Affairs.
Senate Bill 406, filed by State Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), would require that birth certificates display individuals’ birth sex and prohibit an individual from changing their sex on birth certificates in most cases.
Exceptions that would allow birth certificates to be changed include a “clerical error” on the original certificate or intersex individuals “who at birth had atypical or ambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous profile.”
Middleton told State Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) that SB 406 would affect not only birth certificates but also any form of state identification that requires a birth certificate for approval, like a driver’s license.
“Or any other state license [i.e. concealed carry permit, hunting license] where you have to produce either your driver’s license or birth certificate, this bill is going to require that your at-birth sex is what’s on those state documents,” said Middleton.
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https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-senators-consider-proposal-to-align-state-ids-with-biological-sex/
