If ultimately passed and signed into law, the bill would have South Carolina join a number of other conservative states in requiring transgender students to compete with the gender listed on their birth certificates.
A box of amendments sits on the desk of South Carolina Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, as he gets ready to speak against a bill to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's public school and college sports teams on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Columbia, S.C.Republican Speaker Jay Lucas tossed out nearly 600 amendment proposals on Tuesday, saying they were almost the same with only small changes like altering names of schools in each proposal.
Supporters of the bill mostly stayed quiet Tuesday to not prolong the debate. One amendment did pass that would create girls' wrestling teams in high schools. South Carolina Rep Ashley Trantham, R-Pelzer, talks to other lawmakers during a debate on the bill she sponsored to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's public school and college sports teams on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Columbia, S.C.The South Carolina High School League said it takes up what teams a transgender athlete can play for on a case-by-case basis and has heard fewer than five requests.
Before Tuesday's debate started, Democrats filed four boxes full of amendments— an estimated 1,000 in all — to change . Republicans immediately invoked a rule limiting debate to just three minutes per amendment. If Democratic members had been able to keep taking their full time and kept asking for two-minute long votes, the debate could have stretched into the weekend.
Debate was also delayed for nearly an hour after the House chamber was evacuated for a tornado warning for Columbia.
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