Arizona
A bathroom bill was introduced in
Arizona, but it failed to pass after it was withdrawn by its sponsor,
John Kavanagh, in 2013.
Nevada
On March 19, 2015,
Victoria Dooling, a
Nevada state representative, proposed a bathroom bill that would apply to public schoolchildren in the state. It later died in committee.
North Carolina
Main article:
Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act
On March 23, 2016,
North Carolina Governor
Pat McCrory signed into law the
Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, a bathroom bill that applies to students at North Carolina state schools, into law. The bill also overturns an anti-
LGBT discrimination ordinance that had been passed by
Charlotte, North Carolina, prevents local governments in the state from enacting similar ordinances, and prevents cities from raising their minimum wages higher than that of the state.
South Dakota
Main article:
South Dakota House Bill 1008
On February 16, 2016, the
South Dakota Senate voted 20-15 to approve
a bathroom bill that, had it passed, would have been the first in the country to require public schoolchildren to use facilities that match the sex they were assigned at birth. On March 1, 2016, the governor of South Dakota,
Dennis Daugaard, vetoed the bill.
Tennessee
On April 6, 2016, the
Tennessee House Education Administration and Planning Committee, which is part of the
Tennessee House of Representatives, passed a bathroom bill applying to public schools and colleges in the state; it must be heard by another House committee before the full House will hear it.
Texas
Two bills were filed in early 2015 by state representative
Debbie Riddle, that would have made it a crime to enter a public restroom or locker room not designated for a person's sex assigned at birth. Two more were filed by freshman state representative
Gilbert Peña that would permit a bystander to sue a transgender person who used a prohibited bathroom for up to $2,000 USD, in addition to being eligible for compensation for "mental anguish." Neither bill was voted on for consideration.
Wisconsin
In November 2015,
Wisconsin held a hearing on a bathroom bill that would make the state the first in the country to require public schoolchildren to use facilities that match the sex they were assigned at birth. According to critics, the bill would also violate the federal government's
Office for Civil Rights's 2014 statement that federal nondiscrimination law covered gender identity. The following month, the bill was revised to allow public schools to offer gender-neutral bathrooms.
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