Indiana Senate Bill 441

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Senator Alexander added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Definition of sex and gender; birth certificates. Defines "sex" and "gender" for the purposes of the Indiana Code. States that the definition of "sex" and "gender" are meant to be synonymous in the Indiana Code unless specifically defined otherwise and is clarifying language. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles and the Indiana department of health (state department) to update the definition of sex used by the agencies. Requires the state department to: (1) identify birth certificates issued with a change in sex classification by court order; (2) change the sex on the birth certificate back to the originating sex and reissue the birth certificate; and (3) void the superseded document.

Definition of sex and gender; birth certificates.

Sen. Gary Byrne [R]

Sen. Tyler Johnson [R]

Sen. Scott Alexander [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-28	Senate	Senator Alexander added as coauthor
2025-01-28	Senate	Senator Johnson T added as second author
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Byrne

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/441/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0441/SB0441.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0441/fiscal-notes/SB0441.01.INTR.FN001.pdf