Proposal to require amended birth certificate before changing gender marker on ID draws intense opposition in committee hearing

Representative Brandon Phelps presented House Bill 13 62 to the committee and said the bill "requires that a person seeking to obtain a driver's license, a non‑driver's license or an instructional permit designating a *** other than the applicants biological *** assigned at birth for that person to provide an amended birth certificate that reflects the *** designation being requested."

Sponsor and several committee members framed the proposal as a way to align official state-issued documents so a person's birth certificate and a driver's license do not conflict. Representative Phelps and some committee members referenced Department of Revenue processes and recent internal changes to documentation and the removal of an earlier administrative form (form 5532) used to support gender-marker changes;…