📜 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024
This bill amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998, repeals the Gender Reassignment Act 2000, and makes related changes. It introduces a new process for registering changes to sex or gender, including for children, and for issuing acknowledgement documents to WA residents born overseas.
Impact
Transgender and gender diverse people in WA will be affected, as the bill simplifies the process for changing registered sex or gender and provides access to official documents reflecting their identity. It also affects parents/guardians of trans children, the Family Court, and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Key Changes
Parliamentary Progress
- LA Second Reading MovedLA17 Apr 2024
- LA IntroducedLA17 Apr 2024
- LA Consideration in DetailLA8 May 2024
- LA Second Reading AgreedLA8 May 2024
- LC Second Reading MovedLC9 May 2024
- LA AmendedLA9 May 2024
- LA Third ReadingLA9 May 2024
- LC Second Reading AgreedLC15 Aug 2024
- LC Third ReadingLC11 Sept 2024
- LC AmendedLC17 Sept 2024
- LC Consideration in DetailLC17 Sept 2024
- Royal Assent26 Sept 2024
Penalty Provisions2 found
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