Tennessee Governor Bill Lee may sign a proposal that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms by biological sex.
The Republican-dominant Senate easily cleared the legislation on Thursday over objections of LGBTQ+ activists and the chamber’s handful of Democratic members.
The legislation is just the latest effort targeting the transgender community in Tennessee.
Republican lawmakers there have over the years repeatedly enacted bills aimed at the LGBTQ+ community as the party pursues such legislation nationwide.
