SB 2192 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Driver's license; require indication of sex to be consistent with sex of the individual determined at birth.

SB 2192 would require Mississippi driver's licenses, permits, and commercial licenses to display the sex assigned at birth, overriding any legal gender changes. It directly affects all license applicants in Mississippi, including transgender individuals who have legally changed their gender. The bill mandates that the license sex field must match the sex recorded at birth, regardless of court orders or legal gender recognition. The bill died in committee on March 4, 2025, and has not become law.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill requires Mississippi driver's licenses to display the sex of the individual as determined at birth, regardless of any court orders changing that designation. The bill also maintains existing provisions for sex offender and veteran license markings, electronic license options, and penalties for fraud.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on driver's license issuance requirements, with the primary substantive change being the mandate that license sex designations must align with birth sex.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that all new, renewal, or duplicate driver's licenses must bear an indication of the individual's sex as determined at birth

Added provision stating that court orders inconsistent with the birth sex designation have no effect on license issuance or renewal

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2025 for the electronic license format provision

TECHNICAL

Removed page headers and formatting artifacts from the original bill text

ENFORCEMENT

Added felony penalties for using false documents to obtain a veteran driver's license designation

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

36–5

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 48

Feb 5, 2025

D Democratic15

4 Yea 5 Nay 6

33% Nay

R Republican33

32 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary B;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To House

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

upper

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary, Division B

upper

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors