Text of MO HB 2791 (2016)

SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 2791 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RODEN. 6836H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal section 1.030, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to gender definitions. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows: Section A. Section 1.030, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, 2 to be known as section 1.030, to read as follows: 1.030. 1. Whenever, in any statute, words importing the plural number are used in 2 describing or referring to any matter, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person is 3 included, although distributive words are not used. 4 2. When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred to by words 5 importing the singular number or the masculine gender, several matters and persons, and females 6 as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, are included. 7 3. For the purposes of any statute, the term “male” shall mean a human being with 8 two distinct sex chromosomes (XY), and the term “female” shall mean a human being with 9 two of the same sex chromosomes (XX). T 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.