{"id":619093,"date":"2017-05-21T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=619093"},"modified":"2017-05-22T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T02:11:02","slug":"paddies-bathroom-bill-is-revived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=619093","title":{"rendered":"Paddie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bathroom Bill is Revived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/04\/Chris-Paddie.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/04\/Chris-Paddie-114x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-608133\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A transgender &#8220;bathroom bill&#8221; reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may only apply to public schools. Republican Representative Chris Paddie of Marshall authored the hotly-debated language, saying it had &#8220;absolutely no intent&#8221; to discriminate. Under it, transgender students would not be permitted to use their chosen bathroom but could be directed to separate, single-occupancy restrooms. &#8220;it&#8217;s absolutely about child safety,&#8221; said Paddie. &#8220;This is about accommodating all kids.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The broader proposal is mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country&#8217;s second-largest state use public restrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates sailed through the Texas Senate months ago. A similar measure had stalled in the House, but supporters late Sunday night used an amendment to tack school bathroom limits onto a separate and otherwise unrelated bill covering campus emergency operation plans.<\/p>\n<p>A small group of Democratic women legislators went into the men&#8217;s restroom just off the House floor before debate began in protest. With Republicans enjoying solid majorities in both of Texas&#8217; legislative chambers, though, such opposition was purely symbolic. <\/p>\n<p>Republican Governor Greg Abbott has said he wants to sign a bathroom bill into law. House Speaker Joe Straus, a Republican from San Antonio, has been even more vocal opposing one, saying it could hurt a Texas economy that has been among the country&#8217;s strongest in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents vowed to fight Sunday&#8217;s Texas amendment with lawsuits. If the Legislature succeeds &#8220;in forcing discrimination into Texas law, you can bet that Lambda Legal will be on the case before the next school bell rings,&#8221; Jennifer C. Pizer, senior counsel and director of law and policy at the national gay rights group Lambda Legal, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A transgender &#8220;bathroom bill&#8221; reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may only apply to public schools. Republican Representative Chris Paddie of Marshall authored the hotly-debated language, saying it had &#8220;absolutely no intent&#8221; to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=619093\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paddie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bathroom Bill is Revived<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":608133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 12:58:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=619093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619234,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619093\/revisions\/619234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/608133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=619093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=619093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=619093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}