04/24/2017

Texas House Considers Discriminatory Bill

ASAE, others oppose the legislation

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), business groups and convention bureaus oppose a new Texas House bill meant to replace a controversial Senate bill that would dictate bathroom use policies.

A Texas House committee held a hearing into the early Thursday morning hours on an amended version of House Bill 2899, which would prevent municipalities and school districts from establishing bathroom use policies.

House Republicans said this bill was intended as a less restrictive option to SB 6, the Texas Senate’s controversial bill requiring that transgender individuals use the bathroom of their gender at birth. The amended House bill, however, encountered heavy opposition from critics who said it is so broadly written that it could strip anti-discrimination protections from not only LGBTQ people, but also from other groups such as veterans or the elderly. ASAE opposes both pieces of legislation.

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