Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses

[In It to Win It]

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sends-letters-to-trans-people

Today, transgender people across Kansas are reporting receiving letters from the Kansas Division of Vehicles stating that they must surrender their driver's licenses and that their current credentials will be considered invalid upon the law's publication in the Kansas Register on Thursday. Should any transgender person be caught driving without a valid license, they could face a class B misdemeanor carrying up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Kansas already requires county jails to house inmates according to sex assigned at birth. The letter, obtained by Erin in the Morning, marks one of the most significant erosions of transgender civil rights in the United States to date.

The letter, which has been reported to Erin In The Morning by a Kansas-based activist, states that under House Substitute for Senate Bill 244, Kansas-issued driver's licenses and identification cards must now reflect the credential holder's “sex at birth.” It warns that upon the law's publication in the Kansas Register on Thursday, February 26, current credentials for affected individuals "will no longer be valid." The Legislature, the letter notes, "did not include a grace period for updating credentials," and anyone operating a vehicle without a valid credential "may be subject to additional penalties." Those whose gender marker does not match their sex assigned at birth are directed to surrender their current credential to the Division of Vehicles for reissuance.

You can see the full letter here:

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

— Laura Jedeed (@laurajedeed.bsky.social) 2026-02-26T01:43:08.742Z

[Ms. Toad]

1. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes you

[AZJonnie]

2. OMFG FUCK THIS!!!

[Frasier Balzov]

3. This administrative action should be enjoined

until the constitutionality of the law is tested and upheld.

Because tested and invalidated is where it might be headed.

[ruet]

4. Lemmie Guess.

There will be unforseen delays causing those affected to not have proper ID for the state general election in November.

[NJCher]

5. Abuse of power

What harm would it do to give people 60 to 90 days to do this?

The DMV employees will be overwhelmed.

The legislature did not think this through.

[SunImp]

6. Kansas needs to be culturally normal