Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 25-1822

• File #: 25-1822
• Version: 1
• Name: AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE I, SECTION 2-9, GENDER INCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS AND FORMS
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Held / Deferred in Committee
• File created: 3/12/2025
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 4/10/2025
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE I, SECTION 2-9, GENDER INCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS AND FORMS BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 - Administration, Article I, Section 2-9 - Gender Inclusive Documents and Forms, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 2-9. Gender Inclusive Documents and Forms. (a) Instead of sex, forms and documents issued by the county shall ask for an individual's gender. No form issued by the County shall ask an individual's sex unless it is necessary for medical reasons, legitimate government data collection, or required by another law. (b) Where selection of gender from predetermined options is required by design of any County form, the gender options on said forms shall include at least multi-select options for "man", "woman", "non-binary", "cisgender", "transgender",, "a gender not listed here", and "decline to answer" and may include additional genders. Any time the County a...
• Sponsors: KEVIN B. MORRISON, DR. KISHA E. McCASKILL, MAGGIE TREVOR, BRIDGET DEGNEN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
5/15/2025	1	Board of Commissioners	defer	Pass
5/14/2025	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for deferral	Pass
4/10/2025	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE I, SECTION 2-9, GENDER INCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS AND FORMS

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 - Administration, Article I, Section 2-9 - Gender Inclusive Documents and Forms, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:

Sec. 2-9. Gender Inclusive Documents and Forms.

(a) Instead of sex, forms and documents issued by the county shall ask for an individual's gender. No form issued by the County shall ask an individual's sex unless it is necessary for medical reasons, legitimate government data collection, or required by another law.

(b) Where selection of gender from predetermined options is required by design of any County form, the gender options on said forms shall include at least multi-select options for "man", "woman", "non-binary", "cisgender", "transgender",, "a gender not listed here", and "decline to answer" and may include additional genders. Any time the County asks for an individual's sex, the form or document shall ask for an individual's "sex assigned at birth".

(c) Where honorifics or titles are made available on any County form, the County shall recognize and make available in any list of predetermined options the gender-neutral honorific "Mx." and an option for an individual to choose to not use an honorific. The County shall also ask for the gender identity of an individual any time that a form or document asks for an individual's sex assigned at birth.

(d) Where templates are used to create identification cards, business cards, stationery, letterheads, or other personalized documentation, said templates shall include designated space for pronouns. Where selection of pronouns from predetermined options is required by design of any form or template, the pronoun options on said form or template shall include "he/him", "she/her", "they/them", and an option for an individual to fill in their pronouns. The County shall provide a w...