PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The South Dakota House debated HB1260 on Wednesday. The bill require that birth certificates and certain official documents reflect biological sex.
Prime sponsor was Representative Brandei Schaefbauer of Aberdeen.
Schaefbauer explains why the sex on these documents are needed.
Opposition to the bill included Representative Will Mortenson of Fort Pierre who voted in favor of HB1259 but not this bill because if didn’t affect him personally.
Representative Taylor Rehfeldt of Sioux Falls also opposed it.
The bill ended on a 35-35 vote defeating the bill. Representative Schaefbauer has put a motion to reconsider for a later date.
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