Bill > HB1161

This bill amends existing South Dakota law regarding the designation of multi-occupancy changing rooms, restrooms, and sleeping quarters in state-owned or leased facilities. Specifically, it clarifies that these facilities must be designated for the exclusive use of either males or females, with an exception added for rooms used solely by firefighters or law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity. The bill also updates provisions that outline exceptions to prohibitions on using facilities designated for the opposite sex, adding firefighters to the list of authorized personnel who can enter such spaces when acting in an official capacity, and removing the restriction that such employees must be "state or county" employees, now encompassing any employee of the state or a political subdivision.

Government Affairs

https://sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/27032