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'Bathroom Bill' on agenda for Special Session in Texas. AUSTIN - With three days left in the Texas Legislature Special Session , Texans, organizations, and lawmakers are continuing to speak out on the bathroom bill.  The two bills filed during the Special Session related to bathroom privacy are Senate Bill 3 (SB3) and House Bill 46 (HB46). SB3 requires people in state, city and county buildings and public and charter schools use multiple occupancy bathrooms , locker rooms and showers according to the sex on their birth certificate or state- issued identification card or CHL. HB46 states cities , counties and school districts can't create and enforce their own policies regarding the use of multiple occupancy restrooms , showers and locker rooms. It makes no mention of gender or sex.   Several civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol Monday to deliver to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House a list of signatures from more than 50,000 Texans who...

Share This Publication June 20, 2017 Texas leaders have a month to get ready for the state's special session -- and a new University of Texas poll is giving them plenty to think about while they do. Turns out, House Speaker Joe Straus is in the minority when he says the privacy act doesn 't matter. "There's no evidence of a problem," he said March. "We will always have public debate, but this is not an issue that rises to a level of extreme importance." Tell that to Lone Star State voters , who think the gender debate matters a lot more than they did in February. The University of Texas/Texas Tribune polled voters and found that 44 percent of all locals think the topic is important, including 57 percent of Republicans. That may not sound like a lot, but it's a significant jump over the last few months, analysts point out. "Lt. Governor Dan Patrick led the charge in... making it more salient to Republicans," said Jim Henson, who...