Human Rights Campaign: Texas Public Education Committee Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill S.B. 29
May 08, 2021
May 08, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, May 8 (TNSPol) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on May 5, 2021:
Despite previously stating that he did not plan to hold a vote on Senate Bill 29, an anti-LGBTQ bill that would ban transgender girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, Chairman Harold Dutton, Jr. (D- Houston), called for a last-minute vote in the Texas House Public Education Committee. SB 29 passed the committee by an 8-5 vote. The bil . . .
Despite previously stating that he did not plan to hold a vote on Senate Bill 29, an anti-LGBTQ bill that would ban transgender girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, Chairman Harold Dutton, Jr. (D- Houston), called for a last-minute vote in the Texas House Public Education Committee. SB 29 passed the committee by an 8-5 vote. The bil . . .