Mississippi lawmakers quietly kill bills to restrict legal recognition of transgender people
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature will not take final votes on two bills that attempted to restrict legal recognition of transgender people.
The bills died quietly when House and Senate leaders failed to agree on compromise versions before a Monday night deadline. Lawmakers were working on several other complex issues at the time.
One bill would have restricted transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings, including university dormitories. The other would have specified that sex is defined at birth, and that “there are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female.”
The House and Senate previously passed different versions of both bills. The Republican-controlled chambers would need to agree on a single version of each bill before it could go to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
Related articles
Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Two people were injured when gunfire broke out during a high school gradu2024-05-22Giro leader Tadej Pogacar wins his third stage in the first week
PRATO DI TIVO, Italy (AP) — Tadej Pogacar’s command of the Giro d’Italia earned him a third stage wi2024-05-22- SAN DIEGO (AP) — Newcomer Luis Arraez singled in pinch runner Tyler Wade with one out in the ninth i2024-05-22
What to expect in Maryland's presidential and state primaries
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to add to their str2024-05-22Tamara Ecclestone is criticised as her daughter Fifi, 10, heads out wearing heavy make
Tamara Ecclestone has been criticised after her 10-year-old daughter Fifi headed out wearing heavy m2024-05-22Eurovision 2024: Dutch contestant Joost Klein kicked out
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest was dramatically exp2024-05-22
atest comment