US EditionIdaho Activists, Officials Decry Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills as House Passes Trans Bathroom Ban in Businesses
House Bill 607 mandates sex-separated facilities in public and government buildings with civil lawsuits allowed for noncompliance, passing 56-13 in the Idaho House.
- On Monday the Idaho House passed HB-607, requiring sex-separated restrooms and allowing civil suits with a $10,000 fine on government entities, and it now heads to the Senate.
- Citing parental complaints, Hill argued that sharing restrooms infringes privacy and causes embarrassment, saying the bill aims to protect vulnerable people and their dignity.
- Under the bill, every place of public accommodation must take 'reasonable steps' to ensure privacy, but lawmakers warned enforcement could require costly measures like ID checks or cameras, Rep. Annie Henderson Haws said.
- At the Idaho legislative press conference, activists including Nikson Mathews and Boise Mayor Lauren McLean denounced the bills as targeting LGBTQ people and warned they could make transgender individuals feel unsafe.
- HB-607 joins other bills such as House Bill 561, House Bill 557 and House Bill 516 in a Republican supermajority package building on 2023 care restrictions and the 2020 sports ban.
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Idaho House Votes, Passes Trans Bathroom Ban In Private Businesses As Bill Rockets Through Legislature
Photo by Juan Marin on UnsplashErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.Yesterday, Idaho's House of Representatives passed one of the most sweeping anti-transgender bills ever advanced through a U.S. state legislative chamber: a bathroom ban that extends to private businesses. The bill, which passed 56-13, would allow individuals to sue private businesses that…
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