US EditionTexas Senate Committee to Consider Bill Restricting Transgender Bathroom Access in Schools and Government Buildings | News Channel 3-12
TEXAS, AUG 4 – The bill imposes fines up to $25,000 for violations and restricts transgender access to multi-occupancy spaces in government and schools based on biological sex, affecting about 93,000 Texans.
- Amid the special session, the Senate Committee on State Affairs approved Senate Bill 7 on Monday, requiring restroom use by birth-assigned sex in government and school buildings.
- As the special session ends on Aug. 19, Gov. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, called lawmakers back and instructed passage of SB 7, which is on the agenda.
- Penalties include a $5,000 fine for first violations and $25,000 for repeats, with enforcement based on biological sex defined by sex organs, chromosomes, and birth certificates.
- If SB 7 advances to the House, most Democrats’ Sunday walkout could block it due to lack of quorum, preventing passage in the lower chamber.
- However, its fate beyond the Senate remains unclear as SB 7 may not reach the governor’s desk, though if signed, it would take effect in September.
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Anti-trans bathroom bill passes out of Senate committee - Dallas Voice
While everyone’s attention today has been focused on the Texas House Democrats who left the state to break quorum and keep Republicans from forcing through a radically and racially gerrymandered new map defining the state’s congressional districts, the Senate Committee on State Affairs advanced Senate Bill 7, legislation seeking to bar transgender Texans from using public gendered spaces — such as public restrooms, restrooms and locker rooms in …
Anti-trans bathroom bill passes out of Senate committee
While everyone’s attention today has been focused on the Texas House Democrats who left the state to break quorum and keep Republicans from forcing through a radically and racially gerrymandered new map defining the state’s congressional districts, the Senate Committee on State Affairs advanced Senate Bill 7, legislation seeking to bar transgender Texans from using public gendered spaces — such as public restrooms, restrooms and locker rooms in …
Senate panel OKs latest bill restricting use of government and school bathrooms by transgender people
Over 100 people provided at times emotional testimony Monday for and against Senate Bill 7, which would require people to use restrooms that match their birth gender.
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The Daily ItemTexas Senate panel advances bill restricting bathroom access for trans people
Senate Bill 7, authored by Republican Sen. Mayes Middleton of Galveston, will mandate that people use private spaces in state, county or municipal buildings,...
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