Texas Bathroom Bill
A controversial bill that would require people to use school restrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates has died in the texas legislature.
Texas bathroom bill. A bathroom bill is the common name for legislation or a statute that defines access to public toilets by gender restrooms or transgender individual bathroom bills affect access to sex segregated public facilities for an individual based on a determination of their sex as defined in some specific way such as their sex as assigned at birth their sex as listed on their birth certificate. Forest has been one of the strongest proponents of hb2 a controversial law in his state that like the texas bill restricts bathroom access and also bans cities from passing non. Texas transgender bathroom bill falters amid mounting opposition the senate gallery in the capitol in austin tex. Business interests oppose a restrictive bathroom bill fearful of repeating north.
Austin texas reuters texas measures criticized as being discriminatory for limiting transgender people. Read about how the bathroom bill died. Bathroom bill economy gop local tv texas texas legislature transgender. Texas bathroom bill diverted from school tax issues march 13 2018 at 2 15 pm filed under.
Texas has failed to pass a bathroom bill to restrict the use of changing facilities and toilets by transgender people giving lgbt rights campaigners a victory that could have an impact in. By claire allbright nov. Following north carolina s lead texas republicans in january unveiled the so called bathroom bill to regulate bathroom use and keep transgender texans from using. Texas bathroom bill dies in special legislative session.
15 2017 the newly established texas house select committee on economic competitiveness held its.