Legislative Council subcommittee approves emergency rule requiring male or female designation on driver’s licenses, other forms of state IDs

Jim Hudson, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, introduces an emergency rules to repeal the Department of Finance's policy that allows Arkansans to switch their gender on driver's licenses from a gender-neutral designation to either male of female, during a meeting of the Executive Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council on Thursday, March 14, 2024.

(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)
Jim Hudson, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, introduces an emergency rules to repeal the Department of Finance's policy that allows Arkansans to switch their gender on driver's licenses from a gender-neutral designation to either male of female, during a meeting of the Executive Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council on Thursday, March 14, 2024. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)


Emergency regulations barring Arkansans from changing their gender or selecting a gender-neutral option on their state-issued IDs will take effect Friday.

The Arkansas Legislative Council's Executive Subcommittee reviewed and approved on Thursday an emergency rule that repeals a 13-year-long policy that allowed Arkansans to opt for an "X" in lieu of...

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