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Senate passes bill requiring facilities be designated by biological sex, sets penalties and enforcement
Summary
The Senate passed a committee substitute for Senate Bill 7, described by its author as the Texas Women's Privacy Act, which requires political subdivisions and state agencies to designate certain single‑sex spaces according to biological sex and establishes enforcement mechanisms, cure periods, and civil penalties.
Senator Middleton presented a committee substitute for Senate Bill 7, saying the measure would require political subdivisions and state agencies to designate certain private spaces according to biological sex and provide enforcement for those rules.
“Women and children deserve safety, dignity, and privacy in spaces that are meant for them,” Senator Middleton said in her opening remarks on the floor. She described the bill as applying to political subdivisions of the…
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