An Act To Provide for a Change in Gender Designation on a Driver's License

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1407,  as amended by 1995, c. 645, Pt. B, §15, is further amended to read:

§ 1407. Change of location or status

When a person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license or registration, moves from the address named in the application or on the license or registration issued or changes name that person shall, within 10 days, notify the Secretary of State, in writing or by other means approved by the Secretary of State, of the old and new addresses or former and new names and of the number of the licenses and registrations held. A person who has reassigned gender shall send the Secretary of State confirmation from a licensed physician that the person’s gender has been reassigned. The Secretary of State shall adopt major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to determine the process for changing a person's gender on the person's driver's license.

summary

This bill requires a person to notify the Secretary of State with confirmation from a physician when that person has reassigned gender and directs the Secretary of State to adopt rules to determine the process for changing a person's reassigned gender on the person's driver's license.