US EditionTexas’ “Bathroom Bill” Is About to Go Into Effect. Here’s What It Does.
Texas Senate Bill 8 restricts transgender restroom use in state facilities with vague enforcement and fines up to $25,000 for noncompliance, raising concerns among transgender individuals and advocates.
- Starting on Thursday, Texas will implement Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, restricting transgender access to multi-occupancy restrooms in public schools, universities, city halls and state agencies.
- Supporters argued SB 8 would increase safety, saying it aims to make public facilities safer for women, while Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, framed it as enforcement to push agencies to create sex-separated policies without new criminal penalties.
- The attorney general's office can investigate complaints, with institutions facing a $25,000 first fine and then $125,000 per day, after a three-day cure period and written notice.
- Transgender Texans say SB 8 heightens restroom anxiety, with Simon Shepherd and students expecting immediate effects at universities, while public agencies and university systems show mixed responses to compliance.
- Critics say SB 8's vagueness will intimidate and deputize the public, creating 'passability politics' as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's investigations often lead to lawsuits.
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Texas’ “Bathroom Bill” goes into effect Thursday amid confusion on enforcement
On Thursday, Senate Bill 8 will go into effect across Texas, known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act or a “bathroom bill” which will restrict who can use certain restrooms and other private spaces in buildings owned by certain public agencies.
‘Bathroom bill’ targeting trans Texans takes effect this week. It’s unclear how it’ll be enforced
Texas lawmakers passed the bill, referred to as the "Women's Privacy Act" by supporters, earlier this year. It requires a person in publicly owned buildings to use restrooms, locker rooms, and similar facilities associated with the gender on their birth certificate. Enforcement of the controversial new law begins this Thursday.
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Texas’ “bathroom bill” is about to go into effect. Here’s what it does.
Starting on Thursday, Texas will implement Senate Bill 8 — also known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, or more commonly known as a “bathroom bill” — aimed at restricting transgender people’s access to certain restrooms in the state.
New Texas law restricts transgender bathroom use in public areas today
EL PASO TX (KVIA)- A new Texas law, Senate Bill 8, will take effect Thursday and require people to use restrooms in public buildings based on the sex listed on their original birth certificate. The rule applies to public schools, universities, state agencies and city or county buildings. Private businesses are not included. Texas is now one of 20 states with laws restricting restroom use based on sex assigned at birth. SB 8 follows years of stat…
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