Texas senators will debate 'bathroom bill' on Friday morning
AUSTIN — The so-called bathroom bill will get its first public hearing of the special session Friday.
Texas senators are scheduled to debate legislation at 9 a.m. Depending on whether the House takes up the bathroom bill during the special session, this could be the only time for members of the public to weigh in on the controversial legislation.
Sen. Joan Huffman, a Houston Republican who chairs the State Affairs Committee, said she will allow members of the public to testify for two minutes each on the legislation. The bill has not been filed yet, so details of what it might do are a mystery.
The bill's author, Brenham Republican Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, did not provide details on the bill Wednesday afternoon. She unsuccessfully pushed a bathroom bill this year that would have undone local nondiscrimination ordinances and limited the restrooms available for use by transgender public school students.
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