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| Region | Montana |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jun 25, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | A judge ruled that Senate Bill 458, which defined sex as only male or female and made changing your gender on your birth certificate impossible, was unconstitutional because its subject wasn’t clear in its title as required by the Montana Constitution. |
| Sources | https://dailymontanan.com/2024/06/25/montana-law-defining-sex-as-male-or-female-unconstitutional-judge-says/ https://apnews.com/article/transgender-birth-certificate-define-sex-male-female-e17e5eae36991f8ca1d197ddebad0b72 Senate bill 458 which was struck down: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billpdf/SB0458.pdf |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "The Montana DPHHS explicitly says in ther Q&A that sex on birth certificates can only be changed if there's an error. The court did rule they had to allow changes, but they've been held in contempt of court before over this so they might be ignoring the ruling again.
https://dphhs.mt.gov/vitalrecords/CorrectionstoCertificates
https://montanafreepress.org/2023/06/27/montana-judge-holds-health-department-in-contempt-for-defying-orders-in-transgender-birth-certificate-case/"
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| Sources | https://dailymontanan.com/2024/06/25/montana-law-defining-sex-as-male-or-female-unconstitutional-judge-says/ | https://dailymontanan.com/2024/06/25/montana-law-defining-sex-as-male-or-female-unconstitutional-judge-says/ https://apnews.com/article/transgender-birth-certificate-define-sex-male-female-e17e5eae36991f8ca1d197ddebad0b72 Senate bill 458 which was struck down: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billpdf/SB0458.pdf |
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| Description | A judge ruled that Senate Bill 458, which defined sex as only male or female and made changing your gender impossible, was unconstitutional because its subject wasn’t clear in its title as required by the Montana Constitution. | A judge ruled that Senate Bill 458, which defined sex as only male or female and made changing your gender on your birth certificate impossible, was unconstitutional because its subject wasn’t clear in its title as required by the Montana Constitution. |
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| Description | A judge ruled that bill that Senate Bill 458, which defined sex as only male or female and made changing your gender impossible, was unconstitutional because its subject wasn’t clear in its title as required by the Montana Constitution. | A judge ruled that Senate Bill 458, which defined sex as only male or female and made changing your gender impossible, was unconstitutional because its subject wasn’t clear in its title as required by the Montana Constitution. |
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| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jun 25, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | A judge ruled that bill that Senate Bill 458, which defined sex as only male or female and made changing your gender impossible, was unconstitutional because its subject wasn’t clear in its title as required by the Montana Constitution. |
| Sources | https://dailymontanan.com/2024/06/25/montana-law-defining-sex-as-male-or-female-unconstitutional-judge-says/ |