The Utah legislature passed a ban last week on transgender bathroom use in public buildings, and the bill is now awaiting the governor’s signature.
Lawmakers passed the ban, called the “Sex-based Designations for Privacy, Anti-bullying and Women’s Opportunities,” on Friday in a 58-16 vote mostly along party lines.
The new law prohibits trans-identifying people from using the bathrooms of the opposite sex in public buildings such as K-12 schools and government buildings. Under the bill, any new public building must have a single occupancy bathroom, and the bill also encourages the state to add more single bathrooms to existing buildings.
The bill also establishes that the state’s legal definition of “male” and “female” is based on their reproductive systems rather than their gender identity.
The bill has been sent to the desk of Governor Spencer Cox, a Republican….
