In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while ...

OverviewTexas Senate Bill 17 (SB 17), signed by Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025, and effective September 1, 2025, establishes sweeping restrictions on the acquisition of real property interests ...

Some trans Texans worry that the lack of specificity on how the law will be enforced will harm their safety and lives.

Texas House Bill 18 took effect earlier this month, effectively penalizing any Texas state representative who receives or ...

Starting on Thursday, Texas will implement Senate Bill 8 — also known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, or more commonly known as a “bathroom bill” — aimed at restricting transgender people’s access ...

Here's a look at how the new bathroom bill affects the average Texan, as well as how the steep fines for breaking the rules will work.

Texans protest the state’s first proposed bathroom bill outside a Senate committee hearing in 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Stephanie from Austin, TX After almost a decade of failed attempts, the ...

Senate Bill 8, Texas' new "bathroom bill," has become law, restricting restroom and changing-area access in public buildings ...

House Bill 7, authored by State Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) and sponsored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler), passed during ...

Trans students at Texas public universities are no longer legally allowed to use multi-stall restrooms matching their gender ...

Senate Bill 8, dubbed the "bathroom bill," goes into force on Dec. 4. The new law could impact transgender and cisgender ...