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Road to passage for Texas 'bathroom bill' getting far harder
Source: Reuters
Road to passage for Texas 'bathroom bill' getting far harder
By WILL WEISSERT, ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — May 12, 2017, 1:02 AM ET
The path for Texas to enact its version of a North Carolina-style bathroom bill is poised to get far tougher after the Republican-controlled state House ran out the clock Thursday on a key midnight bill deadline.
A proposal mandating transgender people to use public restrooms according to their birth certificate gender sailed through the Texas Senate weeks ago, but a similar measure that bans schools and local communities from passing ordinances to protect LGBT rights in bathrooms has been bottled up in the House. That's despite Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urging fellow members of his party to support it and even calling pastors at top evangelical churches around the state to increase public pressure.
Outnumbered House Democrats have been using tactics to delay a vote on this and other hot-button issues since late last week. House Speaker Joe Straus, a San Antonio Republican who sees the bill as bad for business, hasn't intervened.
Bills not approved by midnight aren't dead, but need some maneuvering to live on.
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By WILL WEISSERT, ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — May 12, 2017, 1:02 AM ET
The path for Texas to enact its version of a North Carolina-style bathroom bill is poised to get far tougher after the Republican-controlled state House ran out the clock Thursday on a key midnight bill deadline.
A proposal mandating transgender people to use public restrooms according to their birth certificate gender sailed through the Texas Senate weeks ago, but a similar measure that bans schools and local communities from passing ordinances to protect LGBT rights in bathrooms has been bottled up in the House. That's despite Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urging fellow members of his party to support it and even calling pastors at top evangelical churches around the state to increase public pressure.
Outnumbered House Democrats have been using tactics to delay a vote on this and other hot-button issues since late last week. House Speaker Joe Straus, a San Antonio Republican who sees the bill as bad for business, hasn't intervened.
Bills not approved by midnight aren't dead, but need some maneuvering to live on.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/road-passage-texas-bathroom-bill-harder-47357569