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On Friday, Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and...

Utah is poised to become the next state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people after its Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure Friday that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth. Transgender people can defend themselves against a complaint that they […]

On Friday, Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and...

Following the changes, the House will need to approve the bill again before sending the bill to the governor’s desk.

The Utah Senate on Thursday voted to approve HB257, which restricts transgender access to some changing rooms in government buildings, following some changes.

  H.B. 257, which would prevent transgender people from entering sex-designated private areas in publicly funded facilities that align with their gender identity, is fast-tracking its way through the Utah legislature. The bill, after undergoing changes, substitutes and reverts, would primarily restrict transgender individuals from using public restrooms, locker rooms and dressing rooms. If the...

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Utah became the latest state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people when the state's Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure Friday

The bill will get a final vote Thursday in the Utah Senate.

Utah senators on Wednesday changed a controversial transgender bathroom to remove some language barring transgender people from certain restrooms in government buildings, but not public schools.