"Bathroom bills" headed for a vote this week

Time Range For Action Alert:

Mar 29 2026 to Apr 10 2026

H.4756 is a “bathroom bill,” legislation that would restrict restroom and changing room use in ALL public educational facilities in South Carolina on the basis of gender designation at birth. The Senate version recommends a porta potty as an acceptable accommodation.

The League of Women Voters does NOT believe that this bill addresses a legitimate problem. Individuals and the schools that they attend have found reasonable accommodations over the years that protect the privacy of both the person who has transitioned and other students, faculty, and visitors. Nevertheless, H.4756 is on a path to passage in the SC General Assembly.

The bill deserves complete rejection.

Take action

Call and ask your House member to vote against concurrence with Senate amendments of H.4756.

Background information

There are two versions of H.4756at present, one passed by the House and the other passed last week by the Senate. Of the two, the House version is far preferable.

The House version provides that "All public school buildings and all buildings in public institutions of higher learning must provide at least one single-stall restroom and changing facility for use by a person of any sex or gender.” Given the likelihood of passage in some form, this is a least harm option.

Unfortunately, the Senate version has been amended to provide that this can include a portable facility, a “porta potty,” on site as an acceptable accommodation. To be relegated to a porta potty while other students, staff, and visitors have access to permanent facilities is demeaning and hurtful. It is reminiscent of the old “separate but equal” schools that were separate but not at all equal.

Read testimony on the “bathroom bills.”

Issues referenced by this action alert:

Education