AN ACT relating to gender.

HB 475 would amend Kentucky law to state that "a person only has one (1) gender, male or female," creating a new section in KRS Chapter 2. This policy would apply to all state government actions and records, establishing a strict binary definition of gender. The bill’s key mechanism is adding this explicit statement to state law, overriding any existing policies that might recognize non-binary gender identities. The measure is currently pending in the House Health Services committee after being introduced on January 22, 2026.