Missouri HB 2526: Modifies provisions on sex-related classifications

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2526
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LAUBINGER.
6038H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 1.020, 9.372, 37.020, 37.735, 43.539, 43.540, 67.1660, 135.714, 160.410,
160.975, 161.223, 170.015, 173.831, 186.019, 191.1855, 211.425, 217.361, 221.097,
302.171, 303.425, 304.670, 324.203, 324.243, 333.151, 337.535, 337.739, 375.024,
375.936, 375.1402, 407.300, 443.863, 455.543, 566.200, 571.014, 571.101, 571.205,
589.407, 590.040, 590.650, 590.653, 595.201, 620.586, and 660.026, RSMo, and to
enact in lieu thereof forty-three new sections relating to sex-related classifications.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 1.020, 9.372, 37.020, 37.735, 43.539, 43.540, 67.1660, 135.714,
2 160.410, 160.975, 161.223, 170.015, 173.831, 186.019, 191.1855, 211.425, 217.361,
3 221.097, 302.171, 303.425, 304.670, 324.203, 324.243, 333.151, 337.535, 337.739,
4 375.024, 375.936, 375.1402, 407.300, 443.863, 455.543, 566.200, 571.014, 571.101,
5 571.205, 589.407, 590.040, 590.650, 590.653, 595.201, 620.586, and 660.026, RSMo, are
6 repealed and forty-three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 1.020,
7 9.372, 37.020, 37.735, 43.539, 43.540, 67.1660, 135.714, 160.410, 160.975, 161.223,
8 170.015, 173.831, 186.019, 191.1855, 211.425, 217.361, 221.097, 302.171, 303.425,
9 304.670, 324.203, 324.243, 333.151, 337.535, 337.739, 375.024, 375.936, 375.1402,
10 407.300, 443.863, 455.543, 566.200, 571.014, 571.101, 571.205, 589.407, 590.040,
11 590.650, 590.653, 595.201, 620.586, and 660.026, to read as follows:
1.020. As used in the statutory laws of this state, unless otherwise specially provided
2 or unless plainly repugnant to the intent of the legislature or to the context thereof:
3 (1) "Boy" means a minor human male;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

4 (2) "Certified mail" or "certified mail with return receipt requested", includes
5 certified mail carried by the United States Postal Service, or any parcel or letter carried by an
6 overnight, express, or ground delivery service that allows a sender or recipient to
7 electronically track its location and provides record of the signature of the recipient;
8 [(2)] (3) "County or circuit attorney" means prosecuting attorney;
9 [(3)] (4) "Executor" includes administrator where the subject matter applies to an
10 administrator;
11 [(4)] (5) "Father" means a male parent;
12 (6) "Female" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would
13 have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the
14 reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for
15 fertilization;
16 (7) "Gender identity", if used in state law, administrative rules, or guidelines,
17 shall not be considered a synonym or substitute for "sex" or "gender";
18 (8) "General election" means the election required to be held on the Tuesday
19 succeeding the first Monday of November, biennially;
20 [(5)] (9) "Girl" means a minor human female;
21 (10) "Guardian", if used in a section in a context relating to property rights or
22 obligations, means conservator of the estate as defined in chapter 475. "Guardianship", if
23 used in a section in a context relating to rights and obligations other than property rights or
24 obligations, means guardian of the person as defined in chapter 475;
25 [(6)] (11) "Handicap" means a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits
26 one or more major life activities, whether the impairment is congenital or acquired by
27 accident, injury, or disease, and where the impairment is verified by medical findings;
28 [(7)] (12) "Heretofore" means any time previous to the day when the statute
29 containing it takes effect; and "hereafter" means the time after the statute containing it takes
30 effect;
31 [(8)] (13) "In vacation" includes any adjournment of court for more than one day
32 whenever any act is authorized to be done by or any power given to a court, or judge thereof
33 in vacation, or whenever any act is authorized to be done by or any power given to a clerk of
34 any court in vacation;
35 [(9)] (14) "Incompetent", if used in a section in a context relating to actual
36 occupational ability without reference to a court adjudication of incompetency, means the
37 actual ability of a person to perform in that occupation. "Incompetent", if used in a section in
38 a context relating to the property rights and obligations of a person, means a disabled person
39 as defined in chapter 475. "Incompetent", if used in a section in a context relating to the
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40 rights and obligations of a person other than property rights and obligations, means an
41 incapacitated person as defined in chapter 475;