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Happy Friday, here's some bad news to start off your morning www.expressnews.com/politics/tex...

Headline: Politics Texas House OKs transgender bathroom ban after years of GOP attempts By Taylor Goldenstein, Austin Bureau Aug 28, 2025 The amended bill now heads back to the Senate, which will review an amendment quintupling civil penalties for violations. Gov. Greg Abbott, who had named it one of his priorities, is likely to sign the measure. State Rep. Angelia Orr, a Republican from Itasca, acknowledged that opponents would want to know why the bill was needed when there are so few transgender people in Texas and statistically few incidents reported in bathrooms. She said womens’ and girls’ privacy are “non-negotiable.” The Texas bill does not specify how enforcement would work in the moment, but it allows citizens to file a complaint after the fact with the Texas attorney general. Private citizens can also file lawsuits against governments they believe to be violating the law, as can the attorney general after he’s completed an investigation and sent notices. Appeals of any such suits would be routed to the newly created Fifteenth Court of Appeals, which handles lawsuits against the state and whose all Republican judges are appointed by the governor.
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