"The legislation imposes a $25,000 fine on any government institution, including schools, universities, shelters, prisons, and local government buildings, that violates the policy of segregating bathrooms by gender. That jumps to a $125,000 penalty on a second offense and subsequent violations. The bill does not impact privately owned businesses. It also recognizes only the sex assigned at birth for the toilet-users, and only recognizes as female or male those with reproductive systems producing eggs or sperm, respectively. That means the bill impacts transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Texans."
"“This is a painful moment for our community. Despite the overwhelming majority of Texans raising their voices against this legislation during the regular and special sessions, today SB 8 was signed into law,” read a statement from Equality Texas."
"Democrats in the Texas Legislature delayed the passage of the bathroom bill in August when they fled the state, a move primarily motivated by the attempt to stop the redistricting of Texas's congressional boundaries. But Republicans passed both the map and the anti-transgender legislation earlier this month."
Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB 8, a law restricting transgender people from using many public restrooms that match their gender identities. The law targets government institutions—schools, universities, shelters, prisons, and local government buildings—with a $25,000 fine for a first violation and $125,000 for subsequent offenses. The bill recognizes only sex assigned at birth and defines female and male by reproductive systems producing eggs or sperm, affecting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Texans. Democrats previously delayed the bill by leaving the state; Republicans passed the measure alongside a congressional redistricting map.
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