Maryland is likely to become the seventh state in the country to allow “X” as a gender on driver’s licenses.
By Erin Cox and Erin Cox Local reporter covering Maryland state politics Email Bio Follow Ovetta Wiggins Ovetta Wiggins Local reporter covering Maryland state politics Email Bio Follow March 13 at 6:39 PM Maryland appears poised to join the growing number of states that issue gender-neutral driver’s licenses, under legislation that won final passage in the General Assembly on Wednesday despite sharp criticism from some Republican lawmakers.
Gov. Larry Hogan has not taken a position on whether he will sign the bill, which passed both chambers of the Democratic-majority legislature by veto-proof majorities. Some GOP lawmakers angered LGBT advocates by objecting to the legislation, saying the state was trying to invent a new gender.Del. Haven N. Shoemaker Jr. said on the floor of the House of Delegates on Wednesday that the bill goes against religion and science.
A March 5 poll by Gonzales Research and Media Services found that 51 percent of Maryland residents did not favor giving drivers the option to identify as “unspecified” on their licenses, while 37 percent supported it and 12 percent did not answer the question. State lawmakers, anticipating that the governor’s supporters would petition the law to the 2020 ballot, took the unusual step of dictating how the bill would be described to voters if it were put to a public vote.
The House also gave preliminary approval to the state’s $46.7 billion budget, trimming some of Hogan’s signature programs but largely advancing what he proposed. Under current law, young people can use tanning salons only if they have signed permission from their parents. Sen. Pamela G. Beidle said lawmakers were told that some young people were forging the forms.
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