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Missoula County weighs joining lawsuit over HB121 bathroom restrictions; attorney warns of enforcement impracticability
Summary
Missoula County Attorney Matt Jennings briefed commissioners on HB121, a state law restricting restroom use by sex assigned at birth, and recommended the county consider joining the existing federal lawsuit over the statute.
Missoula County Attorney Matt Jennings told the Board of County Commissioners that HB121, a state law limiting restroom use by a person's sex assigned at birth, raises serious implementation and legal problems for the county and presented options including joining the existing challenge as a plaintiff.
Jennings said a preliminary injunction was issued in May by U.S. District Judge Manada in litigation brought by the ACLU and other plaintiffs challenging HB121. He described features of HB121 that exclude transgender and intersex people from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity and said Montana courts have previously found similar laws unconstitutional on privacy and…
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