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This bill modifies state law regarding gender designations on identity documents, establishing that any document issued by a state agency must reflect a person's biological sex as determined by sex chromosomes. The bill defines key terms like "biological sex" and "identity document" and prohibits state agencies from changing gender designations based on personal identification, surgical procedures, hormone treatments, or any factor other than biological sex evidence. Specifically, the bill requires that any previously issued identity documents with gender designations not matching biological sex must be revoked and reissued with the correct designation. There are limited exceptions for individuals with medically verified disorders of sex development, such as those with ambiguous biological sex characteristics or abnormal sex chromosome structures. The bill also removes a previous provision that allowed birth certificates to be amended to reflect a change in sex after a court-ordered surgical procedure. By implementing these restrictions, the legislation aims to standardize how biological sex is recorded on state-issued identity documents, focusing strictly on chromosomal determination.

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