invalidate
/ĭn-văl′ĭ-dāt″/
verb
- show to be invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- declare invalid void a plea
I have a Kansas driver’s license/state ID that is now invalid under SB 244. Can I still use it to drive, apply for work/school/housing, vote, fly, or purchase goods and services?
We understand that the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) has sent letters to some individuals stating that their licenses are invalid. KDOR's letter provides instructions about your obligations with respect to driving and states that there is no grace period.
The penalties for driving with an invalid license depend on other factors associated with the offense, including the number of prior offenses, but can include fines and/or jail time.
KDOR has also said on its website that invalid licenses cannot be used to purchase age-restricted items.
Since 2012, Kansas has required voters to have a photo ID when voting in person. The Kansas Secretary of State has a list of acceptable forms of photo ID for voting.
We currently do not know how the invalidation of your driver's license affects your ability to use it for other purposes.
What should I do if someone demands that I show them ID to verify my gender?
SB 244 does not give individuals the right to demand information about your body or to see your ID. If a law enforcement officer asks you a question, you have the constitutional right to remain silent. However, if an officer asks you to identify yourself, you may be required to do so. Learn more about your rights when stopped by law enforcement here.
What are the consequences of using a restroom that is different from the ones designated for my sex assigned at birth?
Under SB 244, using a multi-user restroom in a government building that is different from the ones designated for your sex assigned at birth exposes you to potential civil and criminal liability.
SB 244 also creates a cause of action for anyone who "while accessing a multiple-occupancy private space designated for use only by such individual’s sex, is aggrieved by the invasion of such individual’s personal privacy or is otherwise harmed by a violation of this section by an individual of the opposite sex." SB 244 also creates an affirmative defense for the person sued that they "did not know that the multiple-occupancy private space was designated for use only by individuals of the opposite sex to that of the defendant."
Kansas law puts transgender people in an impossible position. For transgender people, using the restroom consistent with their gender and how they live their lives is now against the law in government buildings. But using the restroom consistent with their sex at birth in government buildings may out them as transgender, be unsafe, and they might still be sued if someone else thinks they've used the wrong restroom. Either way, transgender people may be punished and harassed because of SB 244.
If someone confronts you, claiming you are in the wrong restroom, say you will be done momentarily or that you will leave as soon as you finish, and avoid further confrontation. If someone threatens violence against you, leave as immediately as you can.
If asked to leave by law enforcement or a government employee with authority over the building, leave as immediately as you can. When you are somewhere safe, write down what happened and the names or roles of any people who asked you to leave or threatened you.
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“Invalidated” in this context is a rare synonym for “disabled,” used particularly of soldiers. Someone who is disabled by injury is an invalid (in American English, pronounced differently from the adjective that means “not valid,” with the stress on the first syllable and the vowel of the second syllable reduced). This sense of invalidated seems to be primarily from what is now the Commonwealth, in the early 20th century.
Google Ngrams shows that the phrase “invalidated soldiers” peaks at the height of the First World War, the handful of later instances are mostly from history books, and it is not common enough in the American English corpus to be indexed. I also cannot find any usages of civilians being “invalidated” by accident or illness. I have never heard invalidated used that way in modern English, but Google knows of at least one example of it being used in American English, in the Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work in 1917.
Some examples (with emphasis added), from Canada:
Many ex-soldiers returned from Europe disabled and unfit to farm. Finding work could be very difficult for disabled veterans, though this issue was not ignored. A 1918 circular by the "Invalidated Soldiers Commission" was published in Ottawa with the aim of providing guidance on how to reintegrate these men into the work force.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, also describing the Armistice in 1918:
On the day of the official celebrations ‘peace bonfires’ were lit at 8 p.m. at different points from Fancy to Union Island. On July 24, ‘invalidated’ soldiers were given five shillings and the ‘destitute poor’ two shillings [....]
And New Zealand in 1940:
A statement concerning the Government’s treatment of soldiers invalidated from overseas was made today by Hon. Mr Jones. Full provision has been made for the treatment and and rehabilitation of men when they return, including medical, boarding and classification treatment where necessary, pay and pension while in hospital, provision of [illegible] clothing allowance, traveling warrants, etc.
I've never heard that use, but it may be another way of saying invalided out, which I take to mean, removed from the field of battle due to an injury. It may be only used in BrE and has a WWI feel to it.
A web search gives this from Longman's Dictionary
be invalided out (also be invalided home): British English
to have to leave the army, navy etc because you are ill or injured
hey! new seasonal worker here. i changed my availability and they scheduled me on a day i can’t work and i was scheduled at my other job! i’ve posted this shift 3 times and after about 2 hours it keeps saying invalidated. i saw someone say it gets auto denied after two days but this is after an hour or two. what should i do??? i can’t work the shift?