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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Ayden Runnels

“Bathroom bill” advances in Texas House days after tensions flared at hearing

House Sergeant-At-Arms, l, and Texas DPS argue with a witness who was later removed from the hearing for rowdyness against HB 8 in THe House State Affairs Committee meeting on August 22, 2025.
House security confronts CJ Grisham in the rear of the State Affairs Committee hearing on the "bathroom bill" on Aug. 22, 2025. Grisham was later removed from the hearing room for disruption. (Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune)

A Texas House panel on Monday approved a legislative proposal limiting transgender peoples’ use of bathrooms in government buildings, the first time in over eight years the lower chamber has advanced a "bathroom bill."

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