Legislative Memo: Gender Identity Respect, Dignity, and Safety Act

The Gender Identity Respect, Dignity, and Safety Act would help keep TGNCNBI people safe by requiring that prisons and jails presumptively house people consistently with their gender identities, with a list of reasons that cannot be used as the basis for a denial; ensuring that staff at facilities respect a person’s gender identity in all contexts, including name and pronoun use and during searches; and mandating access to clothing, toiletry items, and grooming standards consistent with a person’s gender identity.