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S01049Introduced in the Senate

Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

IntroducedSenate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

Introduced by Julia Salazar, District 18

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Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

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REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

January 7, 2026

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Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  3. PRINT NUMBER 1049A

  4. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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