BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho bill that would bar local governments from requiring contractors to provide transgender people access to restrooms that align with their gender identities cleared a major hurdle Wednesday.
The bill, from state Sen. Scott Herndon, a Sagle Republican, would block state and local governments from requiring that public works contractors provide access to restrooms, showers or changing rooms “on any basis other than biological sex.”
The Senate cleared the legislation Wednesday on a party-line vote. The bill now heads to the House.
