The state of Idaho faces a lawsuit from a transgender rights group over a proposed bill that makes it illegal for someone to change their gender identity on a birth certificate. According to KBOI-TV, the National Association of Transgendered People was expected to file its lawsuit today (MON) after the House Education Committee held a hearing on the measure last week, with a recommendation to send it to the full House for a vote. The bill introduced by Republican Representative Julianne Young bans changes to a birth certificate if more than a year has passed since the person’s birth. The legislation is in conflict with a 2018 ruling by a federal judge that said Idaho must accept applications from transgender people who wish to change their gender on their birth certificates to confirm with their gender identity. Idaho has been complying with the federal ruling. The Board of Health and Welfare proposed a rule in 2019 to require a doctor to sign off before a minor could alter his or her birth certificate, but scrapped it in November due to a procedural issue in its original approval. (KBOI, AP)
