Bill Text: MS HB1375 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Birth certificate; prohibit change of sex on unless verified by medical records that sex of child is not what is shown on.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)
Status: (Failed) 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB1375 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2026-HB1375-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representatives Waldo, Boyd (37th), Byrd, Eubanks, Ford (54th), Mansell, Massengill, Powell, Smith, Varner
House Bill 1375
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-57-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS FROM CHANGING THE SEX ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATE UNLESS IT IS CLEARLY AN ERROR THAT IS VERIFIED BY MEDICAL RECORDS FROM THE TIME OF BIRTH OR BY A PHYSICIAN WHO CONFIRMS THAT AT THE TIME OF BIRTH, THE SEX OF THE CHILD WAS NOT WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-57-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-57-21. Where there has
been a bona fide effort to register a birth and the certificate thereof on file
with the Office of Vital Records does not divulge all of the information
required by * * *
the certificate, or such certificate contains an incorrect first name,
middle name, or sex, then the State Registrar of Vital Records may, in his
discretion, correct such certificate upon affidavit of at least two (2)
reputable persons having personal knowledge of the facts in relation thereto.
All other alterations shall be made as provided in Section 41-57-23. Anyone
giving false information in such affidavit shall be subject to the penalties of
perjury. The State Registrar of Vital Records shall not be authorized to
change the sex on a birth certificate unless it is clearly an error that is
verified by medical records from the time of birth or by a physician who confirms
that at the time of birth, the sex of the child was not what is shown on the
birth certificate.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.
