l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1154

Birth certificate; sex designated on must be the sex assigned at birth, and cannot be changed unless it is verified as clearly an error.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-57-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SEX DESIGNATED ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE THE SEX OF THE CHILD THAT IS ASSIGNED AT BIRTH; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS FROM CHANGING THE SEX ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATE UNLESS IT IS CLEARLY AN ERROR THAT IS VERIFIED BY MEDICAL RECORDS FROM THE TIME OF BIRTH THAT ARE PROVIDED AND SIGNED BY ONE OF THE PARENTS OF THE CHILD SHOWING THAT THE SEX OF THE CHILD WAS NOT WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE, OR A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER PERSON WHO DELIVERED THE CHILD OR ASSISTED IN DELIVERING THE CHILD WHO CONFIRMS THAT AT THE TIME OF BIRTH, THE SEX OF THE CHILD WAS NOT WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE; TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SEX OF THE PERSON SHOWN ON THE DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE SEX SHOWN ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives