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  • Introduced
    Nov 17, 2021
  • Passed House
    Apr 06, 2022
  • Passed Senate
    May 04, 2022
  • Signed into Law
    May 16, 2022
H 4608
South Carolina House Bill
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-500 SO AS TO EXPRESS LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND MAKE CERTAIN FINDINGS, TO PROVIDE ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING THE CORRECTNESS OF BIOLOGICAL GENDER STATEMENTS ON OFFICIAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF STUDENTS, TO REQUIRE GENDER-BASED OR COEDUCATIONAL DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS, TO PROVIDE SUCH SPORTS TEAMS DESIGNATED FOR MALES SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE SEX UNLESS NO TEAM DESIGNATED FOR FEMALES IN THAT SPORT IS OFFERED AT THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED, TO PROVIDE SUCH SPORTS TEAMS DESIGNATED FOR FEMALES SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO STUDENTS OF THE MALE SEX, TO PROVIDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS SPONSORING A SPORTS TEAM IN WHICH ITS STUDENTS OR TEAMS COMPETE AGAINST A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION ALSO SHALL COMPLY WITH THESE PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICABLE TEAM OR SPORT, AND TO PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-72 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUPPORTED BY STATE FUNDS SHALL NOT USE ANY FUNDS OR PERMIT ANY SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO USE ANY FUNDS TO JOIN, AFFILIATE WITH, PAY DUES OR FEES TO, OR IN ANY WAY FINANCIALLY SUPPORT ANY INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, BODY, OR ENTITY UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION, RULES OR POLICIES OF THE ASSOCIATION, BODY, OR ENTITY RECOGNIZES, SANCTIONS, AND REGULATES INTERSCHOLASTIC COMPETITION OF WRESTLING TEAMS COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF FEMALE STUDENTS. - ratified title
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legislature • May 31, 2022: Act No. 193
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  • May 31, 2022 | legislature
    • Effective date 05/16/22
    • Act No. 193
  • May 16, 2022 | legislature
    • Signed By Governor
  • May 12, 2022 | legislature
    • Ratified R 218
  • May 10, 2022 | House
    • Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
    • Roll call Yeas-70 Nays-33
  • May 04, 2022 | Senate
    • Amended
    • Read third time and returned to House with amendments
    • Roll call Ayes-30 Nays-10
  • May 03, 2022 | Senate
    • Read second time
  • Apr 29, 2022 | legislature
    • Scrivener's error corrected
  • Apr 28, 2022 | Senate
    • Polled out of committee Education
    • Committee report: Favorable Education
    • Special order, set for April 28, 2022
  • Apr 06, 2022 | Senate
    • Introduced and read first time
    • Referred to Committee on Education
  • Apr 06, 2022 | House
    • Read third time and sent to Senate
    • Roll call Yeas-80 Nays-24
  • Apr 05, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey, Blackwell
    • Special order, set for Immediatley after the reading of H. 5216
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, Wooten, Huggins, Chumley, Hiott
    • Amended
    • Read second time
    • Roll call Yeas-82 Nays-28
  • Apr 01, 2022 | legislature
    • Scrivener's error corrected
  • Mar 31, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Fry
    • Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works
  • Mar 29, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
  • Mar 01, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McKnight
  • Feb 16, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer, White
  • Feb 15, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: West
  • Feb 09, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Bailey
  • Feb 08, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Haddon, Bannister, Magnuson, May, Dabney, Long, Willis, McCabe, Morgan, Bryant, V.S.Moss, Nutt, T.Moore
  • Jan 27, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whitmire
  • Jan 25, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hill, Gagnon
  • Jan 12, 2022 | House
    • Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliam, Yow, Hixon
  • Jan 11, 2022 | House
    • Introduced and read first time
    • Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
  • Nov 17, 2021 | House
    • Prefiled
    • Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
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