Senators GROOMS and TEDDER propose the following amendment (SR-585.KM0001S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. This act may be cited as the "Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act".

Amend the bill further, SECTION 1, by striking Section 56-3-115(A), (B), (C), and (D) and inserting:

 (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may add athe notation "SAFE" to a private passenger-carrying motor vehicle registration to indicate that the driver registered owner or a child or ward of the registered owner, whose full legal name and date of birth, as well as an original certificate from a licensed physician as defined in Section 40-47-20, must be provided to the department, has The registered owner or co-owner of a private passenger carrying automobile may voluntarily disclose to the department that he or his child or ward has been diagnosed with certain disabilities or disorders. Upon presenting an original certificate from a licensed physician as defined in Section 40-47-20 and other documentation determined necessary by the department, the department may add the notation "SAFE" to the vehicle registration to indicate that the person has been diagnosed with any of the following disabilities or disorders:
  (1) may be deaf or hard of hearing. The application for this special motor vehiclea registration notation pursuant to this subsection must include an original certificate from a licensed physician, as defined in Section 40-47-20 and required in subsection (A), or a licensed audiologist, as defined in Section 40-67-22040-67-20, that certifies that the applicantregistered owner or his child or ward has a permanent, uncorrectable hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or both ears.;
  (2) autism;
  (3) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;
  (4) Down syndrome;
  (5) Alzheimer's disease;
  (6) traumatic brain injury;
  (7) post-traumatic stress disorder;
  (8) diabetes;
  (9) an autoimmune disorder;
  (10) blindness; or
  (11) any other mentally or physically limiting disorder.
 (B) The "deaf or hard of hearing" notation "SAFE" notation must would only appear when a law enforcement runs a check is run on the vehicle's license plate through the department's online interface with law enforcement to alert the officer that the driver or any identifieda passenger may be deaf or hard of hearinghave a disability or disorder contained in subsection (A). The department may not include in the vehicle registration personal identifying information of, or any diagnosis of, a person for whom a diagnosis is indicated.
 (C) The department must allow a motor vehicle owner or co-owner to update a motor vehicle registration to include or remove the "SAFE" designationnotation at any time. Should the child or ward of the registered owner turn eighteen years old, theThe child or ward canmay remove himself as a designee of the word "SAFE" notation upon attaining the age of eighteen and submitting proper documentation to determined necessary by the department.
 (D) No cause of action may arise nor may liability be imposed against any person, government entity, or government entity officer, agent, or employee arising from any action taken by any person in reliance upon information indicated on a person's driver's license or motor vehicle registration when the license holder registered owner or co-owner or his child or ward, a licensed physician, or medical providera licensed audiologist provided the information on the forms required pursuant to this section.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, by striking Section 56-3-1910(A)(8) and inserting:

  (8) autism or neurodivergenceif the condition causes significant safety or mobility risks in parking environments.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.