""No change may be made to this designation, except for a correction of a scrivener's error, a correction in the case of a misidentification of the individual's sex at birth due to a verifiable disorder of a sex development condition, or a correction of a license that has previously been voluntarily altered to record a sex other than the sex of the person as previously recorded at birth.""
"Democrats have urged Reeves to veto the bill, arguing that the driver's license provision is unrelated to roadway safety and unnecessarily targets transgender Mississippians."
"State Sen. Rod Hickman, a Democrat, called the 'sex at birth' language the bill's 'most troubling aspect,' emphasizing its impact on the transgender community."
The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill that prohibits transgender individuals from changing the sex designation on new driver's licenses, except in limited situations. The legislation, which also includes measures related to immigration, restricts licenses to legal U.S. residents and creates special markers for noncitizens. The bill mandates that licenses reflect only the sex assigned at birth, effectively barring most transgender residents from updating their documents. The bill is now awaiting approval from Governor Tate Reeves, who has supported anti-transgender measures in the past.
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