15-08-2017 00:14 via kxan.com

‘Bathroom bill’ battle intensifies with clock ticking on special session

AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — The Texas Privacy Act, also known as the bathroom bill, is all but dead in the Texas legislature, but it continues to preoccupy advocates on both side of the debate with just days left in the special session.
Senate Bill 3 and its House counterpart, House Bill 46, would require Texans to use facilities that correspond with their birth sex, as listed on their birth certificate, rather than their gender identity.
SB 3 passed the Senate, but HB 46 stalled in the lower chamb
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