Rep. Beach proposes the following amendment (LC-4624.VR0020H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 2 and inserting:

SECTION X. Chapter 32, Title 59 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 59-32-36. (A) A nurse, counselor, teacher, principal, or other official or staff at a public school shall not knowingly:
  (1) encourage or coerce a minor to withhold from the minor's parent or legal guardian the fact that the minor's perception of his or her gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310; or
  (2) withhold from a minor's parent or legal guardian information related to the minor's perception that his or her gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310.
 (B) The principal, vice principal, or counselor at a public school shall immediately notify a minor's parent or legal guardian if the minor:
  (1) asserts to any school employee that the minor's gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310;
  (2) requests a school employee to address the minor by a name other than the minor's legal name or a derivative thereof; or
  (3) requests a school employee to address a minor using a pronoun or title that does not align with the minor's sex.