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Mississippi SB2364

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Safety and privacy in correctional facility rooms; provide certain standards.

An Act To Define Certain Terms Relating To The Safety And Privacy Of Females In Correctional Facilities; To Provide That Every Restroom And Changing Room Within A Correctional Facility That Is For Use By Incarcerated Individuals Shall Be Designated For Use By Members Of One Sex; To Prohibit Any Incarcerated Individual From Entering A Restroom Or Changing Room That Is Designated For One Sex Unless He Or She Is A Member Of That Sex; To Provide That Every Restroom, Changing Room And Sleeping Quarter Within A Correctional Facility That Is Designated For The Use Of Incarcerated Adults That Is Accessible By Multiple Individuals At The Same Time Shall Be Designated For Use Only By Members Of One Sex; And For Related Purposes.

Legislative Session

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2025 Regular Session

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Every restroom and changing room within a correctional facility that is designated for the use of incarcerated individuals and that is accessible by multiple individuals at the same time shall be designated for use only by members of one (1) sex.

Each sleeping quarter within a correctional facility that is designated for the use of incarcerated individuals and that is accessible by multiple individuals at the same time shall be designated for use only by members of one (1) sex. [...] A sleeping quarter within a correctional facility that is designated for one (1) sex shall be used only by members of that sex and no incarcerated individual shall be housed in a sleeping quarter that is designated for one (1) sex unless he or she is a member of that sex.

There are only two (2) sexes, and every individual is either male or female. (ii) "Sex" is objective and fixed. (iii) 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.

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History

DateAction
2025-02-04Died In Committee
2025-01-20Referred To Corrections