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5 essential things to know about Lt. Gov. Patrick’s bathroom bill

Published on January 6, 2017 under CommunityImpact

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, unveiled details Thursday behind the so-called “bathroom bill.” Here are more details about the proposal: 1. The bill would prohibit and nullify any existing or future local laws regulating private business’ bathroom policies. The legislation would let any private business decide if and how they would like to implement their own policy. The bill clarifies that business’ decisions on this topic cannot be taken into consideration when governments are awarding contracts. 2. If passed into law, SB 6 would mandate usage of bathrooms based on a person’s biological sex in […]

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