2026 Regular Session
SB626
Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)
Requiring the Secretary of Health to keep and maintain a birth information history for each individual for whom a certificate of birth is issued under a certain provision of law; requiring the Secretary to maintain a database of birth information histories that may be accessed by governmental entities for a certain purpose under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which the Secretary is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
6 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 20, 2026 · Senate
Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator Hershey) Rejected
Failed
20 yea–21 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Floor Amendment 453320/1 (Senator Lam) Adopted
Passed
27 yea–14 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
24 yea–16 nay · 4 not voting · 3 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 163321/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected
Failed
36 yea–92 nay · 7 not voting · 6 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 383620/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
36 yea–90 nay · 9 not voting · 6 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
91 yea–36 nay · 8 not voting · 6 absent
Committee referrals
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready)
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Senate Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
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Senate House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Martinez and Hutchinson)
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Senate House Refuses Recede
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House House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Martinez and Hutchinson)
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House House Refuses Recede
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House Senate Requests House Recede
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House Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
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Senate Senate Requests House Recede
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Senate Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
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House Third Reading Passed (91-36)
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House Floor Amendment {383620/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (36-90)
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House Floor Amendment {163321/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (36-92)
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {183229/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
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House Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Health
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Senate Third Reading Passed (24-16)
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Floor Amendment {323820/1 (Senator McKay) Adopted
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Senate Floor Amendment {453320/1 (Senator Lam) Adopted (27-14)
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Lam) Adopted View roll call
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Senate Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator Hershey) Rejected (20-21)
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Senate Favorable
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Senate Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Salling) Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable
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Senate Favorable Report by Finance
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Senate Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
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Senate First Reading Finance and Judicial Proceedings