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Senate advances bill to require driver's license sex to match birth certificate; sponsors say it conforms to last year's law
Summary
Senators debated and then moved forward a bill to require the sex on Mississippi driver's licenses to match the sex listed on birth certificates, a change the sponsor said implements last year’s statute (section 1-3-83).
Senator Angela Hill (Senate) sponsored a bill on the floor that would require the sex marker on a Mississippi driver’s license to be consistent with the sex indicated on an individual’s birth certificate. The sponsor told the Senate the measure is intended to conform driver's-license records to section 1-3-83 of the Mississippi Code, which she said the Legislature approved previously.
Why it matters: Sponsor Hill said the bill implements last year’s statutory direction and is intended to stop administrative changes to sex markers on state documents that are not consistent with the cited statute. Several senators asked operational questions about how the Department of…
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