Last month, a judge ruled Arizona cannot enforce a law requiring transgender individuals to undergo gender-affirming surgery before amending their birth certificate.
Republican leaders now want to defend the law in court.
On Monday, Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Steve Montenegro filed to intervene to defend the law to be able to appeal a ruling from federal judge James Soto.
The filing stems from a 2020 lawsuit brought by transgender minors who were unable to change their birth certificates without a note from a doctor saying they underwent surgery.
Late last month, Soto placed a permanent injunction on the law and gave the state Department of Health Services 120 days to allow individuals to amend their birth certificates.
Petersen and Montenegro claim to have standing in the suit, citing a state law allowing legislative leaders to defend Arizona statutes.
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