1,000 amendments can’t stall SC transgender sports bill


              South Carolina Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, left, and Rep. Justin Bamberd, D-Bamberg, right, look over amendments during the debate on 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. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
            
              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. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
            
              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. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
            South Carolina Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, speaks 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. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)