The issue focused on what would happen if an employee with the same name was hired at another company and fired for being transgender, but the lawsuit said the law does not allow it.

"The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has concluded that the statute fails to adequately protect employees who seek to change their names," the suit said.

"Employers should not discriminate in favor of their trans employees by failing to honor their request to change their name on employment documents," attorneys for the state said. "We are confident