It might just be a bill and only a bill, but these drafted pieces of legislation could become laws and affect your life in various ways. Those effects could be positive, or in some cases, pretty negative. It's your duty as an activist to keep informed and ready to act.
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House Bill 1259 would prohibit transgender people from using the communal facilities that match their gender identity, like restrooms and changing facilities, at South Dakota public schools.
House Bill 1260 would require that birth certificates and certain official documents, like driver’s licenses, reflect a person’s gender assigned at birth.
House Bill 1267 would prohibit the use of paid petition circulators.
Update: With a 6-1 vote, the Senate State Affairs Commitee voted to table House Joint Resolution 5006.
Background: House Joint Resolution...
House Concurrent Resolution 6012 would urge the United States Supreme Court to establish marriage as between a man and a woman.
House Bill 1201 would requite school nurses, counselors, teachers, and administrators to notify a student’s parent or guardian if they discuss a student’s questions regarding “gender confusion or gender...