Tennessee Senate clears bill that could stop transgender people from changing 'sex' on IDs, birth certificates
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Tennessee Senate Republicans passed a bill that defines "sex" as "determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth" on government-issued identification.
While it cleared the state Senate, the bill stalled in the state House due to potential budgetary impacts. In a floor speech Monday, its sponsor, Republican state Sen. Kerry Roberts, argued the legislation promotes "consistency" in the state code, rejecting concerns brought in a fiscal note, Axios reported. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Krista Lee Carsner, executive director of the Tennessee General Assembly’s fiscal review committee, noted the proposed language "may result in increases to state and local expenditures associated with compliance measures, potential civil litigation and could jeopardize federal funding; however, due to multiple unknown factors, a precise fiscal impact cannot be determined."