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HB1589Introduced in the House of Delegates

Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)

IntroducedHouse Rules and Executive Nominations

Introduced by Ashanti Martinez, District 22

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

February 15, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

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