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The rule, effective Feb. 12, will end a longstanding legal option for transgender and gender diverse residents to modify their identification cards through a physician statement or court order.

Indiana officials are considering a rule that would end the ability to change gender markers on state IDs to comply with an executive order issued by Gov. Mike Braun.

Transgender advocates have filed a public records request for correspondence between the governor's office and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. They want more information about the decision to hold a second public hearing on a proposed ban on gender changes to state driver's licenses.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will not have to provide a nonbinary gender marker on state IDs and drivers licenses under an Indiana Court of Appeals ruling.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced that branches will have new hours starting on Oct. 2.

Virginia Transportation Secretary Shep Miller spoke with former Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Peter Lacy on Tuesday morning, according to a spokeswoman for GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

The Holcomb administration announced Tuesday that BMV Commissioner Peter Lacy will leave the agency next month after more than five years in charge.

Indiana passed its own infrastructure bill in 2017. By raising gas taxes and BMV fees, the state established a 20-year, fully-funded road construction plan.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle says its branches will hold reduced hours in observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

The BMV says branches will resume their regularly scheduled business hours on Saturday.