The bill was introduced by Rep. Gilbert Peña, a Republican member of Texas’s House of Representatives. Its critics say it would have the effect of encouraging children to report their transgender peers.
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Texas Bill: Students to Get $2,000 for ‘Mental Anguish’ After Finding Opposite Sex in Bathroom
A Texas lawmaker has proposed legislation that would require the state’s schools to pay $2,000 in damages to students who prove they experienced “mental anguish” upon finding a person of the opposite sex in a school bathroom, locker room or shower. So reports the New York Daily News.
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