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Tennessee Bill Regarding Student Restrooms and Locker Rooms (HB 888)
This law was last updated on Jan 23, 2018
This law is Anti–LGBTQ
Number
HB 888
Status
Proposed
Proposed
Feb 8, 2017
Sponsors
Co-sponsors: 20
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 21
Full Bill Text
HB 888 would require students in public schools and public institutions of higher education to use restrooms and locker rooms that are assigned to persons of the same sex as indicated on the students’ original birth certificates.
STATUS
Companion bill to SB 771.
Similar to HB 2414/SB 2387, which failed to pass in 2016.
People
Co-sponsor
Primary Sponsor
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