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SC H4535

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Safety in Private Spaces Act

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "safety In Private Spaces Act" By Adding Chapter 79 To Title 39 So As To Provide That A Covered Entity That Maintains A Water Closet Or Changing Facility Must Have Facilities For The Exclusive Use Of Males And Facilities For The Exclusive Use Of Females Or A Unisex Facility, To Provide Exceptions, And To Provide Reporting Requirements.

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The General Assembly finds that females and males should be provided restrooms and changing facilities for their exclusive use in order to maintain public safety, decency, and decorum. [...] "Female" means a person belonging, at birth, to the biological sex which has the specific reproductive role of producing eggs. [...] "Male" means a person belonging, at birth, to the biological sex which has the specific reproductive role of producing sperm.

Legislative Session

inactive

125th General Assembly

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History

DateAction
2024-01-18Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy
2024-01-09Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Haddon, Burns, Chumley, Nutt
2024-01-09Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-09Introduced and read first time
2023-12-20Scrivener's error corrected
2023-11-16Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-11-16Prefiled