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Sen. Hardy introduces bill to correct and predesignate gender identity on death certificates

Health & Welfare · January 16, 2026
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Sen. Ruth Hardy described S112 to allow corrections to gender identity on death certificates and permit predesignation (similar to advance directives); the draft was prepared with Department of Health input and the committee asked for witnesses, including Tucker Anderson and DOH staff.

Sen. Ruth Hardy (Addison District) presented S112 to the Health & Welfare committee, saying the bill would create a process to correct a person's gender identity on a death certificate and would allow individuals to predesignate their gender identity as part of advance directives.

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