Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act" to ensure incarcerated individuals are treated according to their gender identity.

The bill enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act," which mandates that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing, and other materials consistent with their gender identity. It establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with their self-attested gender identity unless they opt out.

Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act" to ensure incarcerated individuals are treated according to their gender identity.

The bill enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act," which mandates that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing, and other materials consistent with their gender identity. It establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with their self-attested gender identity unless they opt out.