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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1341 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 16-37-2-20. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Birth certificate information. Provides that the gender listed |
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| 8 | 8 | | on an individual's birth certificate and permanent record made from the |
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| 9 | 9 | | birth certificate may not be changed. Specifies certain exceptions. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Borders |
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| 12 | 12 | | January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2025 IN 1341—LS 6922/DI 104 Introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 15 | 15 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 16 | 16 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 17 | 17 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 19 | 19 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 20 | 20 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 21 | 21 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 23 | 23 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1341 |
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| 25 | 25 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 26 | 26 | | health. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 16-37-2-20 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 1, 2025]: Sec. 20. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 provided in subsection (b), the gender listed on an individual's: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 (1) birth certificate; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 (2) permanent record made from the birth certificate under |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 section 9 of this chapter; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 may not be changed. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 (b) The gender listed on an individual's birth certificate and the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 permanent record made from the birth certificate under section 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 of this chapter may be changed only if any of the following |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 conditions exist: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 (1) The: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 (A) person filing the birth certificate; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15 (B) state department recording the information; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 made a typographical or clerical error concerning the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 individual's gender. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2025 IN 1341—LS 6922/DI 104 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1 (2) The individual's gender was listed as male but a medical |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 test demonstrates the absence of a Y chromosome in the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3 individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). |
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| 49 | 49 | | 4 (3) The individual's gender was listed as female but a medical |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5 test demonstrates the presence of a Y chromosome in the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 6 individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2025 IN 1341—LS 6922/DI 104 |
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