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In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for 鈥渄amages鈥� totaling $1,000.

The law also invalidates state-issued driver鈥檚 licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier鈥檚 gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue鈥檚 Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver鈥檚 licenses 鈥渨ill no longer be valid,鈥� effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans 鈥� or those born in Kansas - from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver鈥檚 licenses in the future.

The same day SB 244 went into effect, the 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver鈥檚 licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution鈥檚 protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.

鈥淭he invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,鈥� said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU鈥檚 LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. 鈥淭aken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.鈥�

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