Gender-identity Protections
Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Salt Lake, sponsored the bill H.B. 225 "Driver License Amendments" unsuccessfully in 2009. The bill would have provided that "if a person requests to change the sex designation on a driver license or identification card, the Driver License Division shall issue a duplicate driver license or new identification card upon receiving: an application and fee for a duplicate driver license or identification card; and written verification from a licensed physician that the applicant has undergone and completed a sex reassignment surgery."
Utah Driver License Division employees denied mistreatment of a transgender woman was required to remove her makeup before she could be photographed for a new state identification card in 2011. A witness said that the employees appeared to be making fun of the transgender woman. The woman was invited to meet with the division director.
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