Arkansas Senate passes 'bathroom bill' and heads to House Judiciary Committee next

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Arkansas Senate passed the 'bathroom bill' on Tuesday. It criminalizes transgender people using public restrooms in some cases by defining 'sex' as a person's biological sex determined by anatomy and genetics at birth.

SB270 criminalizes transgender people using public restrooms in some cases by defining "sex" as

Make it a crime for a man or transgender woman to enter and remain in a women's restroom when they knew a female child was present. The same applies for a woman or transgender man in a men's room with a male child present. Supporters proclaim the measure protects children from indecency in public rooms where people may be in various stages of undress.

I'm "just asking that they don't expose my kids and grandkids and your kids and grandkids to it because we're trying to teach them a different standard."

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