Dan Patrick unconvinced by House action on bathrooms, property taxes

[LeftInTX]

After threatening to force a special session of the Texas Legislature unless lawmakers approve a "bathroom bill" and property tax legislation, Lt. Gov Dan Patrick on Monday appeared to be unconvinced by the House's actions on the two issues.

"I share Governor Abbott's concern about the lack of a rollback provision in Senate Bill 669 on property taxes," Patrick said in a statement about a property tax measure the House passed Saturday. Patrick, like Gov. Greg Abbott, had indicated he wanted the House to approve Senate Bill 2, to require local governments that want to raise property taxes by 5 percent or more to get voter approval, but that proposal stalled in the House.

On the bathroom front, Patrick said he had concerns about the "ambiguous language" the House approved as an amendment Sunday to address bathroom use by transgender Texans in public schools because it "doesn't appear to do much." The measure the House approved would require schools to provide single-stall restrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities to students who don't want to use facilities designated by “biological sex.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/22/dan-patrick-unconvinced-house-action-special-session-threat/

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It isn't bigoted enough for Dan Patrick.
It doesn't "destroy the state" as much Steven Bannon, aka Dan Patrick, would like.

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1. I wish Trump would make him

ambassador to Cameroon.

[LeftInTX]

2. If Patrick gets his way and gets a much stricter bathroom bill, it will be found unconstitutional

This bill only applies for k-12 public and charter schools. It mandates private facilities for those that request them. Sure a student could sue, but I think most students simply prefer their privacy.

If Patrick gets his way and tries his mandatory genital birth certificate crap at colleges and universities, there will be lawsuits.

[LeftInTX]

3. Texas Senate rejects House's "bathroom bill" compromise

The legislative wrangling over where transgender Texans can use the bathroom isn’t over yet.

State Sen. Larry Taylor said he will reject the House's proposed compromise on the "bathroom bill," an amendment to Senate Bill 2078 that required school districts to provide single-occupancy bathrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities for students who don’t want to use the ones associated with their “biological sex.”

It’s a measure Republican state Rep. Chris Paddie of Marshall, who offered the amendment in the House, said would keep transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity unless they use a multi-occupancy bathroom when no one else in there. But Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — who has spent months championing far-reaching restrictions on bathroom use — had said the amendment’s “ambiguous language” didn’t “appear to do much.”

With the clock ticking toward the last day of the legislative session, the Senate’s rejection could complicate efforts to avoid going into overtime. Patrick threatened to push for a special session if the Legislature didn’t approve one of two measures that were much broader than the House’s proposal.

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/23/senate-decision-house-bathroom-amendment/

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I'll laugh if Abbott doesn't allow this in a Special Session.
The agenda is Abbott's right?