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By Paul Bean
The Vermont House passed a bill Tuesday (5/27) that includes a measure to ensure driver’s licenses can reflect preferred gender identities, including the nonbinary “X” option, despite increased federal restrictions from the Trump administration on gender-neutral IDs for documents like passports.
S.123 makes many miscellaneous changes to motor vehicle practices. One of these changes allows license renewals at any time before expiration, extending the current six-month window, to help maintain accurate gender markers. It has passed the House and is returning to the Senate for review of House-made changes.
This Vermont bill is a response to a January 20 executive order issued by signed by President Donald Trump, mandating that federal agencies, including the State Department, recognize only two sexes (male and female) based on biological sex assigned at birth, effectively eliminating the “X” gender marker option for passports and prohibiting gender marker changes that do not align with birth certificates.
This policy, enforced by the State Department, suspended all passport applications requesting an “X” marker or gender changes, reversing Biden-era policies that allowed for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals to claim their preferred gender, regardless of what gender they were assigned at birth.
Beyond the gender marker provision, S.123 addresses other motor vehicle-related issues including all-terrain vehicle (ATV) regulations and vehicle window tinting standards. This bill is now in the Senate waiting for their approval.
Passed by the Senate Yesterday:
H.50, titled “An act relating to identifying underutilized State buildings and land,” was introduced on January 14, 2025, by Rep. Connor Casey and Rep. Kate Maccan to address the efficient use of state owned properties.
The bill directs the Agency of Administration to identify and report on under-used state buildings and land by November, with recommendations for repurposing or getting rid of these assets to meet state needs, including such as housing, economic development, or cutting spending.
The Senate’s proposed amendment, as detailed in the provided document, refines the bill by specifying that the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Administration, will oversee the process of identifying buildings.
It also mandates collaboration with relevant state agencies and municipalities, incorporates public input, and requires the reports to include detailed criteria for underutilization and potential economic or community benefits, with the bill taking effect upon passage.
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Categories: Legislation, State Government
The Vermont House essentially knocked out any of these “X” Licenses from qualifying for any federal purpose, including passports, federal benefits, social security and even boarding airplanes. Congratulations.
Medically speaking, this shows our educational system as a complete failure and a complete failure of biology. What your sexual preference has nothing to do with your biology, if you are in a car crash and unconscious one would hope the doctor treats you correctly not as an x on your license.
Let’s say you are pregnant, and you chose male or x on your license, what treatment and liabilities are faced at that point?
Our legislature gets an A+ in marxist, UN propaganda.
Our legislature gets an F, Biology and Medicine
Montpelier, here’s your sign.
Was this roll called? I think republicans miss the boat by not requesting vote by roll on these idiotic bills. We are paying for an extended session so they can decide on junk like this!
X marks the spot, I guess. Why not just rely on their purple hair, man boobs, etc?
Our Vermont Legislature is an embarrassment. Any one that argues about there being more then 2 genders is a total idiot.
The easy solution to this ID standard AND all the rest of this gender nonsense is to have the data indicated referring to “sex” instead of “gender”. There may be hundreds of “genders” by now but biological reality only recognizes two sexes. The government-issued ID is for identification purposes and has other objectively-defined biometric data such as height and eye color. Having “gender” indicated is subject to change and interpretation and is not really anyone’s business, nor should anyone be compelled to recognize and respect anyone else’s non-biometric identity expression. The same biometric criteria should apply to “gender segregated” sports, public restrooms/changing facilities and prisons. If we have to change the signs on the doors to XX and XY, and do away with the stereotypical stick figures, so be it.