HB 1199

                                                             Introduced Version
           HOUSE BILL No. 1199
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              DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-37-2-20.
Synopsis: Birth certificate information. Provides that the gender listed
on an individual's birth certificate and permanent record made from the
birth certificate may not be changed. Specifies certain exceptions.
Effective: July 1, 2026.
                              Borders
   January 5, 2026, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
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                                                                                       Introduced
            Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)
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                   HOUSE BILL No. 1199
    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
 health.
     Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1     SECTION 1. IC 16-37-2-20 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2026]: Sec. 20. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as
4 provided in subsection (b), the gender listed on an individual's:
5(1) birth certificate; and
6(2) permanent record made from the birth certificate under
7section 9 of this chapter;
8 may not be changed.
9     (b) The gender listed on an individual's birth certificate and the
10 permanent record made from the birth certificate under section 9
11 of this chapter may be changed only if any of the following
12 conditions exist:
13(1) The:
14(A) person filing the birth certificate; or
15(B) state department recording the information;
16made a typographical or clerical error concerning the
17individual's gender.
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1(2) The individual's gender was listed as male but a medical
2test demonstrates the absence of a Y chromosome in the
3individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
4(3) The individual's gender was listed as female but a medical
5test demonstrates the presence of a Y chromosome in the
6individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
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