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This bill aims to protect Washingtonians' privacy by preventing the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and any past changes to that designation in official government records. It amends several existing laws, including those related to driver's licenses, identicards, and vital records (such as birth and death certificates). Key provisions include making sex designation information and supporting documentation for changes to it confidential and exempt from public inspection, ensuring that new credentials only reflect the current sex designation without indicating any past changes, and prohibiting the display or transmission of sex designation change records without explicit consent. The bill also clarifies that supporting documentation for sex designation changes on vital records will be sealed and not publicly available, even when records are transferred to state archives. Additionally, it adds a provision allowing the state registrar to amend vital records to change sex designation and includes a nonbinary option. The bill also strengthens protections against the disclosure of vital records, particularly those related to sex designation changes, and allows for denial of requests if there's a possibility of harm or disparate impact.

Government Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6081&Year=2025&Initiative=false