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WATCH: Colorado lawmakers debate bills on students’ preferred names, gender identity and name change

By 02/23/2024 | updated 2 years ago

Colorado lawmakers are set to debate two proposals dealing with identity, gender and name changes on Friday morning. 

If passed, House Bill 24-1039 would require public and charter schools beginning in July next year to use a student’s preferred name, regardless of whether it is their legal name, for school documents, such as rosters, yearbooks and identification cards.

Meanwhile, House Bill 24-1071 would include gender identity as a “good cause” reason that the courts may consider for a name legal change. Currently, the law requires individuals convicted of a felony – or juveniles adjudicated for an offense that would have constituted a felony if committed by an adult – to demonstrate to the courts a “good cause” for a name change.

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