SAFER Act; enact.
An Act To Create New Section 29-18-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "safer Act" To Regulate Governmental Buildings; To Create New Section 29-18-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legislative Findings For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Create New Section 29-18-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Public Education Buildings To Have Exclusive Male And/or Female Restrooms Or Single-sex Or Family Use Restrooms At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Changing Facilities To Be Exclusive Male And/or Female Or Single-sex Or Family-use At A Minimum; To Create New Section 29-18-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate Public Student Housing For Single-sex Educational Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Single-sex Social Sororities And Fraternities To Comply With The Definitions Of This Act To Designate Housing; To Create New Section 29-18-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Regulate How Persons Enter A Single-sex Restroom, Changing Facility Or Educational Housing Space; To Create New Section 29-18-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Assertion Of A Violation Of This Act; To Create New Section 29-18-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Action Regarding The Provisions Of This Act; To Create New Section 1-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "female," "male" And "sex"; And For Related Purposes.
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The term "female," when used in any statute, shall mean 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.
The term "male," when used in any statute, shall 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.
When the state or its political subdivisions, as defined by Section 11-46-1(i), gather data of individuals that are disaggregated by sex, the state or its political subdivisions shall disaggregate the data of individuals by sex as either male or female
Legislative Session
2024 Regular Session
Sponsors
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-05-13 | Approved by Governor |
| 2024-05-06 | Enrolled Bill Signed |
| 2024-05-06 | Enrolled Bill Signed |
| 2024-05-02 | Conference Report Adopted |
| 2024-05-02 | Conference Report Adopted |
| 2024-05-02 | Conference Report Filed |
| 2024-05-02 | Conference Report Filed |
| 2024-05-02 | Suspend from Deadlines by SC 549 |
| 2024-04-29 | Died In Conference |
| 2024-04-16 | Conferees Named Hood,Yates,Hurst |
| 2024-04-12 | Conferees Named Wiggins,Hopson,Harkins |
| 2024-04-12 | Decline to Concur/Invite Conf |
| 2024-04-11 | Returned For Concurrence |
| 2024-04-11 | Motion to Reconsider Tabled |
| 2024-04-10 | Motion to Reconsider Entered (Summers, Hood, Yates) |
| 2024-04-10 | Passed As Amended |
| 2024-04-10 | Amended |
| 2024-04-02 | Title Suff Do Pass As Amended |
| 2024-03-18 | Referred To Judiciary A |
| 2024-03-14 | Transmitted To House |
| 2024-03-13 | Passed |
| 2024-03-13 | Committee Substitute Adopted |
| 2024-03-05 | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| 2024-02-19 | Referred To Judiciary, Division A |