NYC Council Introduction 1258

intro.nyc/1258-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Issuance and correction of sex designations on death records.
Status: Committee Committee on Women and Gender Equity
Sponsored by Crystal Hudson
Introduced: April 24, 2025

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue death certificates with sex designations that are consistent with the gender identity indicated on documentation of gender transition and to establish a procedure to request correction of the sex designation on a death certificate.