"SAFER Act"; create to regulate public buildings.
An Act To Create New Section 29-18-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "safer Act" To Regulate Governmental Buildings; To Create New Section 29-18-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legislative Findings For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Public Buildings To Have Exclusive Male And/or Female Restrooms Or Unisex Restrooms At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Changing Facilities To Be Exclusive Male And/or Female Or Unisex At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Public Student Housing For Single-sex Educational Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Single-sex Social Sororities And Fraternities To Comply With The Definitions Of This Act To Designate Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate How Persons Enter A Single-sex Restroom, Changing Facility Or Educational Housing Space; To Create New Section 29-18-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities To Establish Regulations With Disciplinary Procedures In Conformity With This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Willfully Enters A Space In Violation Of This Act Shall Be Committing The Offense Of Trespass; To Create New Section 29-18-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities To Provide A Report To The Speaker, Lieutenant Governor And Governor With Certain Information; To Create New Section 29-18-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Assertion Of A Violation Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Action Regarding The Provisions Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Disaggregation Of State Or Local Governmental Data; To Create New Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Female, Male And Certain Other Terms; And For Related Purposes.
2024 Regular Session
When the state or a local governmental entity gathers data of individuals that is disaggregated by sex, the state or local governmental entity shall disaggregate the data of individuals by sex as either male or female as defined in Chapter 3, Title 1, Mississippi Code of 1972.
The following shall be codified as Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code of 1972: [...]"Female" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization. [...] "Male" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
"Sex," when used to classify a natural person, means the biological indication of male and female as observed or clinically verified at birth, without regard to an individual's "gender identity" or any other terms intended to convey a person's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience or sense of self. [...] Persons with "DSD conditions" (sometimes referred to as "differences in sex development", "disorders of sex development", or "intersex conditions") are not members of a third sex. [...] "Gender identity" and other such subjective terms shall not be construed as synonyms or substitutes for "sex."
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-03-05 | Died In Committee |
| 2024-02-28 | DR - TSDP: PP To JA |
| 2024-02-19 | Referred To Public Property;Judiciary A |