Conservative groups target Speaker Straus after ‘bathroom bill’ failure

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Throughout the regular legislative session and even into the special session, one of the defining issues was restricting access to bathrooms depending on your biological sex.
After all the debate, the Texas Privacy Act, also known as the “bathroom bill,” failed to pass. The blame, or the credit, for that goes to Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, and his leadership team in the lower chamber.
Fearing business backlash and heeding advice from law enforcement, the