Democrat revives Texas bill restricting transgender students' sports participation in apparent act

[TexasTowelie]

Democrat revives Texas bill restricting transgender students' sports participation in apparent act of retaliation against his party

by Megan Munce and Kate McGee, Texas Tribune


Democratic state Rep. Harold Dutton on Friday revived and helped advance a bill that would restrict transgender students from participating in school sports, in what appears to be a retaliatory effort directed at members of his own party for sinking one of his bills.

Senate Bill 29, abhorred by fellow Democrats, would require the University Interscholastic League to force students to play on the sports teams based on their biological sex instead of their gender identity.

The bill, which already passed in the Senate, is a priority of Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Dutton, who chairs the House Public Education committee, brought the legislation up for a committee vote on Tuesday, where it failed to advance, in large part, because Republican state Rep. Dan Huberty was absent that day and because Dutton himself abstained from voting for or against the bill.

On Thursday night, Dutton, who is from Houston, presented his own bill to the House floor that would give Texas Education Commissioner Michael Morath the ability to take over a district that fails to meet various academic standards and remove school board members. The bill is largely in response to a current legal battle between the Texas Education Agency and Houston ISD after the agency attempted to take over the district in 2019, but was blocked from moving forward by a temporary injunction that's been upheld by the state's Third Court of Appeals. Dutton's alma mater in Houston ISD, Wheatley High School, has received an F rating for multiple years.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/07/texas-transgender-sports-bill-harold-dutton/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I was hoping that this bigoted bill had died

No true Texan can sleep soundly in their bed while the Texas legis is in session

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Arguing on behalf of XX chromosome persons is not what I'd call unreasonable ...

Trying to pass a law like this, just to be a dick, however ... is totally unacceptable for a Democrat.

[LeftInTX]

3. Oh no! I also posted this!

Stupid Harold Dutton...how vindictive...

I will delete my post...