{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-23-550","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-23-550","heading":"Civil actions; attorney's fees and costs.","body":"(A) An individual who, while accessing a restroom or changing facility designated for use by their sex, encounters a person of the opposite sex in that restroom or changing facility, has a private cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the public school or public institution of higher learning that:\n(1) granted the person permission to use a restroom or changing facility of the opposite sex in violation of this article; or\n(2) failed to take reasonable steps which may include, but are not limited to, clear and recognizable signage designating the appropriate sex for the restroom or changing facility to prohibit the person of the opposite sex from using the restroom or changing facility of the opposite sex.\n(B) An individual required by the public school or public institution of higher learning to share sleeping quarters with a person of the opposite sex has a private cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the offending public school or public institution of higher learning.\n(C) All civil action brought pursuant to this section must be initiated within two years after the violation occurred. An individual aggrieved under this section who prevails in court may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs from the offending public school or public institution of higher learning.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 23 School Buildings and Other School Property","ARTICLE 5 Student Physical Privacy"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c023.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T04:32:35Z","sha256":"0d32843a723273633f96d99ee81589354b0d14dd0e9366bed501bd1da8b0a7ea","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-23-540","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-23-560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}