More than 250 sign up to testify in public hearing on ‘bathroom bill’

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs heard several hours of testimony from the public at a hearing regarding Senate Bill 3 and Senate Bill 91.
The bills amount to legislation referred to as the “bathroom bill,” which would require that Texans use facilities based on their birth sex and not their gender identity.
The legislation reads that “each multiple-occupancy restroom, shower and changing facility of a political subdivision, including a publi