Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.
- Chamber
- House
- Introduced
- Feb 14, 2025
- Last action
- Jan 8, 2026 — PRINT NUMBER 5478A
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Momentum
- 58 · Moderate