The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a “bathroom bill” that would require transgender people to use the bathrooms that match their birth gender when in public buildings, setting up consideration of the controversial bill in the House.
After nearly five hours of debate, the bill was approved in a mostly party line 21-10 vote. Only one Democrat, Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., or Brownsville, voted in favor of the bill.
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