Democrats Revive Gender Identity Language in Colorado Child Custody Law
By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics
Democratic lawmakers eye reviving a provision related to gender identity in child custody cases that was stripped from a bill signed into law last year.
Last session, lawmakers passed House Bill 1312, which dealt with legal protections for transgender individuals. The law included new provisions dealing with name changes on marriage certificates, sex designations on driver’s licenses, and school dress codes.
Specifically, the bill requires county clerks and recorders to issue name changes on marriage certificates when requested but leave no indication or mark that the certificate has been modified. It allows an individual to change the sex designation on a driver’s license up to three times, instead of just once, before bei...

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