Tennessee's transgender bathroom law has penalties, its sponsor reveals [View all]

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The penalty, which wasn't mentioned during hearings and debate, could mean jail time for business owners who let trans people use the bathroom of their choice.

May 28, 2021, 9:02 AM CDT
By The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The sponsor of Tennessee’s new law requiring businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use the bathrooms of their choice now says owners and officials who refuse could face up to six months in jail — a penalty that went unmentioned during legislative hearings and debate.

The question of who would do the enforcing remains murky as well.

Republican Rep. Tim Rudd, who sponsored the bathroom sign bill, said a class B misdemeanor could apply to those who won’t post the signs within 30 days of being warned they’re breaking the law. That seems to contradict what Rudd told fellow lawmakers in March. He said then that the bill version that would become law “does not provide any fines or penalties at this point.”

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