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MS HB1521

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"Safe Dormitories Act"; establish.

An Act To Be Entitled The "safe Dormitories Act"; To Clarify The Definitions Of The Gender-related Terms For Purposes Of This Act; To Require Public State Institutions Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior Colleges That Maintains Multiple-occupancy Dormitory Rooms To Provide Student Residents With The Option To Be Housed Only In A Dormitory Room With Roommates Of The Same Sex; To Provide That Persons May Not Enter A Dormitory Room Designated Exclusively For Use By Persons Of The Opposite Sex; To Provide Exceptions To The Restricted Presence Of A Person In The Dormitory Room Designated Exclusively For Use By Persons Of The Opposite Sex; To Require Public State Institutions Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior Colleges To Establish Regulations And Disciplinary Procedures For Any Person Who Willfully Trespasses In Dormitory Rooms; To Authorize Private Enforcement And Attorney General Enforcement Against Persons Who Trespass Upon The Premises Of A Dormitory Of An Individual Of The Opposite Sex And Refuses To Leave The Premises Upon Being Asked To Do So By An Authority Figure; And For Related Purposes.

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(1) Any public state institution of higher learning or community or junior college that maintains multiple-occupancy dormitory rooms shall, subject to its other ordinary terms and conditions of dormitory occupancy, provide student residents the option to be housed only in a dormitory room with roommates of the same sex. (2) Except as provided in Section (4), a person may not enter a dormitory room designated exclusively for use by persons of the opposite sex.

(d) "Female" means an individual who has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have had (but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, disease, or injury) the reproductive system that at some point produces ova. (f) "Male" means an individual who has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have had (but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, disease, or injury) the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm.

Legislative Session

inactive

2024 Regular Session

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History

DateAction
2024-03-05Died In Committee
2024-02-19Referred To Universities and Colleges