Bill Text: MS HB1358 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: "Sex"; define terms use in any Mississippi statute.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB1358 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-HB1358-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative McLean

House Bill 1358

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 1-3-48, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "SEX" WHEN USED IN ANY MISSISSIPPI STATUTE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 1-3-48, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     1-3-48.  The term "sex" as used in any statute shall mean a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex.  For purposes of this definition, evidence of a person's biological sex includes, but is not limited to, a government-issued identification document that accurately reflects a person's sex listed on the person's original birth certificate.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.