A Nebraska bill to limit transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams has advanced out of committee with just days to go until the end of the session.
FILE - Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh speaks to reporters, Thursday, March 18, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. A bill to limit transgender students access to bathrooms and sports teams has been advanced out of committee with just days to go until the end of the session. Cavanaugh says she will filibuster bills not yet passed if Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth's bathroom and sports bill advances. Speaker of the Legislature Sen.
Kauth, who was the author of the gender-affirming restrictions passed last year, named LB575 as her priority for this session, despite Cavanaugh's promise to filibuster bills again if it is brought up for debate. “We find no evidence that LB575 has been introduced to single out and harm transgender students as opposed to protect the privacy of students and protect female athletic opportunity,” Attorney General Mike Hilgers wrote in the opinion.bills and flip-flopping on whether government should stay out of people's private lives or act as a nanny state.
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