Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed a bill that will require a person to submit a court order confirming that they’ve completed a surgical procedure before changing the sex marker on their birth certificate. The new bill aimed to correct rule changes the state’s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) made in 2017 that allowed a birth certificate sex designation to be amended even if the individual had not undergone the surgical procedure. The law also provides that if a new birth certificate is to be issued it cannot show on its face that the sex marker was amended if the court order directs it so. Bill SB 280 (pdf), sponsored by state Republican Sen. Carl Glimm, passed 54 to 46. Earlier this year Glimm argued that DPHHS had overstepped its authority in changing the designation on a birth certificate from “sex” to “gender” and in setting …