"The legislation requires trans people to restrooms and other single-sex facilities in government buildings according to their sex assigned at birth, not their gender identity. It also requires the state to reissue any driver's licenses or birth certificates that reflected a trans person's gender identity, replacing that gender marker with one for the sex assigned at birth. It further bans multi-occupancy gender-neutral restrooms in government buildings."
"It imposes a fine on individuals of $1,000 for a second violation of the law and brings a misdemeanor charge for a third violation. It allows those "aggrieved" by the presence of a trans person to sue for damages of $1,000 or actual damages. The government entity is to be fined $25,000 for the first violation and $125,000 for any subsequent violation. The lawsuit provision is not limited to government buildings."
Kansas legislators overrode the governor's veto to enact Senate Bill 244, which takes effect once filed with the Secretary of State. The law requires transgender people in government buildings to use single-sex restrooms and facilities matching their sex assigned at birth and mandates reissuing driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect birth-assigned sex. The law bans multi-occupancy gender-neutral restrooms in government buildings. It creates escalating penalties for violations, allows private lawsuits by those labeled "aggrieved," and imposes substantial fines on government entities for noncompliance. The override passed along party lines with a veto-proof Republican majority.
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