Bill Title: Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to correction [A00709 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Amended	2023-01-11	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2023-01-11	HTML/Text	Link	View

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