More than 300 people signed up to testify in Olympia on a bill to repeal a rule that allows transgender people into whichever bathroom or locker room fits their gender identity.
January 30, 2016
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January 30, 2016 5 a.m.
Bill to repeal transgender bathroom rule OKed in Senate
Goes next to Senate Rules Committee for second reading Bathroom battle
OLYMPIA — The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee passed a bill Wednesday to repeal the transgender bathroom rule. This rule, made in 2015 by the Human Rights Commission (HRC), allows individuals to use whichever bathroom, locker room, or any other gender-segregated facility that corresponds to their gender identity.