Shari Zabel, with glasses, gets a hug from Representative Lois Landgraf. House District 21, El Paso County, after the Health, Insurance & Environment committee passed House Bill 1265 in room 0107 of the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on March 25, 2015. House Bill 1265 would allow transgender people to, with a doctor's note, to have their birth certificate changed to reflect their new gender. At left is Sara Connell, in stripes and Representative Daneya Esgar, HD 46, Pueblo, at left. Both Zabel and Connell are transgender women. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via AP)

DENVER | Colorado’s state House has passed a bill to allow transgender residents to update their birth certificates to reflect their correct gender.

Shari Zabel, with glasses, gets a hug from Representative Lois Landgraf. House District 21, El Paso County, after the Health, Insurance & Environment committee passed House Bill 1265 in room 0107 of the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on March 25, 2015. House Bill 1265 would allow transgender people to, with a doctor's note, to have their birth certificate changed to reflect their new gender. At left is Sara Connell, in stripes and Representative Daneya Esgar, HD 46, Pueblo, at left. Both Zabel and Connell are transgender women. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via AP)
Shari Zabel, with glasses, gets a hug from Representative Lois Landgraf. House District 21, El Paso County, after the Health, Insurance & Environment committee passed House Bill 1265 in room 0107 of the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on March 25, 2015. House Bill 1265 would allow transgender people to, with a doctor’s note, to have their birth certificate changed to reflect their new gender. At left is Sara Connell, in stripes and Representative Daneya Esgar, HD 46, Pueblo, at left. Both Zabel and Connell are transgender women. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via AP)
Shari Zabel, with glasses, gets a hug from Representative Lois Landgraf. House District 21, El Paso County, after the Health, Insurance & Environment committee passed House Bill 1265 in room 0107 of the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on March 25, 2015. House Bill 1265 would allow transgender people to, with a doctor’s note, to have their birth certificate changed to reflect their new gender. At left is Sara Connell, in stripes and Representative Daneya Esgar, HD 46, Pueblo, at left. Both Zabel and Connell are transgender women. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via AP)

The House voted 39-26 on Friday to send the measure to the Republican-controlled Senate.

Democratic Rep. Dominick Moreno of Commerce City sponsored the bill in the House. He concedes its prospects aren’t good in the Senate, which killed a similar bill last year.

The legislation would allow transgender Coloradans to change their birth certificates without having had surgery. And the new certificates would not be marked as “amended,” as is the case now.

Nine states and the District of Columbia have similar laws.