Gender Reassignment Procedures
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 42 To Title 44 So As To Define Gender, Sex, And Other Terms, To Prohibit The Provision Of Gender Transition Procedures To A Person Under Eighteen Years Of Age, To Provide Exceptions, To Prohibit The Use Of Public Funds For Gender Transition Procedures, And To Provide Penalties; And By Adding Section 59-32-36 So As To Prohibit Public School Staff And Officials From Withholding Knowledge Of A Minor's Perception Of Their Gender From The Minor's Parents, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title
125th General Assembly
(A) A physician, mental health provider, or other health care professional shall not knowingly provide gender transition procedures to a person under eighteen years of age.
(B) A physician, mental health provider, or other health care professional shall not engage in the provision or performance of gender transition procedures to a person under eighteen years of age.
(C) If prior to August 1, 2024, a health care professional initiated a course of treatment that includes the prescription, delivery, or administration of a puberty-blocking drug or a cross-sex hormone to a person under the age of eighteen, and if the health care professional determines and documents in the person's medical record that immediately terminating the person's use of the drug or hormone would cause harm to the person, the health care professional may institute a period during which the person's use of the drug or hormone is systematically reduced.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-29 | 09:00 | Hearing | Gressette Room 105 | Senate Medical Affairs Committee |
| 2024-02-21 | 11:00 | Hearing | Gressette Room 105 | Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-15 | 10:00 | Hearing | Gressette Room 308 | Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-14 | 10:00 | Hearing | Gressette Room 308 | Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-10 | 10:00 | Hearing | Blatt Room 110 | House 3-M Full Committee |
| 2024-01-09 | 00:00 | Hearing | Blatt Room 110 - Hybrid | House 3-M Medical and Health Affairs |
| 2024-01-09 | 00:00 | Hearing | Blatt Room 427 - Hybrid | House 3-M Medical and Health Affairs |
| 2024-01-09 | 00:00 | Hearing | Blatt Room 427 | House 3-M Medical and Health Affairs |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-05-29 | Act No. 203 |
| 2024-05-29 | Effective date 05/21/24 |
| 2024-05-21 | Signed By Governor |
| 2024-05-15 | Ratified R 219 |
| 2024-05-09 | Roll call Yeas-67 Nays-26 |
| 2024-05-09 | Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled |
| 2024-05-08 | Debate adjourned |
| 2024-05-07 | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 2024-05-02 | Roll call Ayes-28 Nays-8 |
| 2024-05-02 | Read third time and returned to House with amendments |
| 2024-05-02 | Amended |
| 2024-05-02 | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| 2024-05-01 | Debate interrupted |
| 2024-04-30 | Read second time |
| 2024-04-25 | Special order, set for Aprl 25, 2024 |
| 2024-03-06 | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 2024-03-05 | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs |
| 2024-01-18 | Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs |
| 2024-01-18 | Introduced and read first time |
| 2024-01-18 | Read third time and sent to Senate |
| 2024-01-17 | Roll call Yeas-82 Nays-23 |
| 2024-01-17 | Read second time |
| 2024-01-17 | Amended |
| 2024-01-17 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Bradley, Erickson, Gibson, Blackwell, M.M.Smith |
| 2024-01-16 | Requests for debate-Rep |
| 2024-01-16 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pace |
| 2024-01-11 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis, Ligon, Forrest |
| 2024-01-11 | Requests for debate-Rep |
| 2024-01-10 | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
| 2024-01-10 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Landing, Ballentine, Sandifer, Crawford, Guest |
| 2024-01-09 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long, Nutt, Haddon, Burns, Chumley, Murphy, Mitchell, Brewer, Robbins, Gatch, West, Gilliam, Cromer, Kilmartin, O'Neal, Yow, S.Jones |
| 2024-01-09 | Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
| 2024-01-09 | Introduced and read first time |
| 2023-11-16 | Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
| 2023-11-16 | Prefiled |