Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said Monday that a new state law requires Kansas agencies over time to revert updated birth certificates and driver’s licenses issued to transgender residents back to their original forms ahead of its implementation this coming Saturday.
Kobach, a Republican, released an advisory opinion outlining what he contends are the requirements of SB 180, a sweeping law passed by the Legislature this spring that bars trans and nonbinary people from single-sex spaces that do not match their sex at birth.
Kobach’s opinion only analyzes the law as it relates to birth certificates, driver’s licenses and state prisons. It does not delve into how the new law affects public restrooms and other single-sex spaces.
