Arkansas panel poised to OK public building 'bathroom bill'

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     (AP) – An Arkansas Senate committee is poised to approve a
bill requiring that people in public schools and government buildings use
bathrooms that correspond to their birth gender, despite fears the move could lead to boycotts.
      Local Republican Senator Linda Collins-Smith, whose district covers Izard, Sharp, Independence and part of Fulton County, wants restrooms or locker rooms in government buildings limited to members of only one sex if multiple people use it. A similar law in North Carolina prompted the NBA and NCAA to move major sporting events out of the state.
     With a key supporter absent, Collins-Smith removed the measure from
consideration. The absentee who backed a separate "bathroom bill" is expected to vote for it when the panel meets Monday.
     Gov. Asa Hutchinson has said Arkansas does not need legislation like North Carolina's. That bill prompted protests from the LGBT community.

   

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