California Coalition Collects Over Half a Million Signatures in Effort to Overturn ‘Bathroom Bill’

SACRAMENTO – A coalition comprised of parents, students, churches and other non-profit organizations has submitted over a half a million signatures to California election officials in an effort to place the state’s ‘Bathroom Bill’ on the ballot.

As previously reported, this past August, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1266 into law—a bill that allows boys who identify as girls to use girls’ bathrooms at school, and vice versa.

“This bill would require that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records,” the legislation outlines.

California legislators overwhelmingly approved what has been coined the “Bathroom Bill” in the House and Senate, even though its author—Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano—admitted that the new measures would “perhaps” make some children “uncomfortable.” Continued