Is Washington State About to Get its Own Bathroom Law?

Washington State's Republican legislators are moving with alacrity and righteous purpose to frame the laws of the State in ways that reflect their long-held views that "political correctness" and other liberal nonsense have gone too far.

Take for example, proposed House Bill 1011: AN ACT Relating to allowing the use of gender-segregated facilities; and amending RCW 49.60.030. There are two proposed amendments on a law regarding the right to be free from discrimination. The first states:

“Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public or private entity from limiting access to a private facility segregated by gender, such as a bathroom, restroom, toilet, shower, locker room, or sauna, to a person if the person is preoperative, nonoperative, or otherwise has genitalia of a different gender from that for which the facility is segregated. Nothing in this chapter grants any right to a person to access a private facility segregated by gender, such as a bathroom, restroom, toilet, shower, locker room, or sauna, of a public or private entity if the person is preoperative, nonoperative, or otherwise has genitalia of a different gender from that for which the facility is segregated.”

The second proposed amendment would require that a parent or guardian assisting a child or disabled adult in a restroom facility be of the sex designated for the facility.

If you're interested in other bills that have been pre-filed for the next session [and you should be], check them out here: http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/prefiled.aspx?year=2017. I particularly recommend those co-sponsored by Brad Klippert, Larry Haler, and Matt "The Secessionist" Shea.

Representative Larry Haler will be having a local event on Monday, January 2, to discuss the upcoming legislative session. It runs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at his Richland district office located in the CSA Building, 719 Jadwin Ave. Let's attend this townhall, then go out and get drunk [responsibly].