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Bill would document gender at birth

The Center Square) – Florida driver’s licenses and other state government documents would have to list a person’s gender at birth under a bill pending in the House of Representatives.

House Bill 1639 was sponsored by Republican Rep. Doug Bankson, who helped found and is a pastor with his wife at Victory Church in Apopka.

The legislation would also require insurance companies that cover sex transitioning surgery to also cover detransitioning surgery.

“I call it the Compassion and Clarity Act,” the legislator told The Center Square.