‘Bathroom bill’ passes Senate committee in special session despite protest

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott gave new life to a bill about bathroom privacy by putting it on his special session call. It passed a Senate panel late Friday evening, eight to one.
The overwhelming majority of the 10-hour testimony was against the bill, but since lawmakers dealt with this issue from the regular session, many minds were already made up.
Senate Bill 3 is very similar to what was known as Senate Bill 6 during the regular session, only now it includes athletic participation