Senate Bill 312 proposes significant changes to the process of altering an individual's sex on a birth certificate in Wisconsin. Under the current law, changes can be made due to surgical sex-change procedures or to correct errors. However, this bill stipulates that an individual's sex on a birth record cannot be changed due to surgical procedures and prohibits any changes to a sex other than the individual's biological sex, which is defined as the biological state of being male or female based on sex chromosomes. Additionally, courts are barred from ordering such changes.

The bill introduces new statutory provisions, including the definition of "biological sex" and the stipulations that no person or court may change a registrant's sex on a birth record to anything other than their biological sex. It also amends existing statutes to remove references to sex changes in the context of name changes and surgical procedures. The changes will take effect on the date specified in the bill for any court orders or petitions filed thereafter.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 69.15(1)(a), 69.15, 69.15(4)(b)