Kansas revokes driver’s licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights

The bill, known as SB 244, also bans transgender people from using bathrooms in public buildings that match their gender identity, and creates a sort of bounty hunter system, in which citizens can sue transgender people they encounter in restrooms for $1,000 in damages.

The bill’s passage also coincides with increased national attacks on the rights of transgender Americans, including a national policy enforced by the Trump administration that blocks transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers aligning with their gender identity.

The notification, sent by the Kansas department of revenue, under which the division of motor vehicles operates, also notes that the state legislature “did not include a grace period for updating credentials”, and anyone operating a vehicle without a valid credential “may be subject to additional penalties”.