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A new Texas<\/a> law mandating which bathrooms can be used by transgender people in government buildings goes into effect on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Here’s a look at how it affects the average Texan, as well as how the steep fines for breaking the rules will work.\u00a0<\/p>\n How does the Texas \u2018bathroom bill\u2019 work? <\/p>\n Senate Bill 8<\/a>, known as the Texas “bathroom bill,” requires bathrooms in schools and government buildings to be tied to biological gender.\u00a0<\/p>\n As of Thursday, transgender people will no longer be able to use a bathroom that coincides with the gender they identify with. This includes minors at public schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n The law also limits which family violence shelters, prisons and jails can house transgender people.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Texas attorney general will now have the power to investigate claims of violations and decide on the imposition of fines.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Bathroom bill\u2019 fines <\/p>\n Schools and government buildings found to allow violations of the bill will be subject to fines.<\/p>\n The first violation can result in a $25,000 fine. Subsequent offenses can result in fines up to $125,000. The original version of the bill would have imposed $5,000 and $25,000 fines, which were quintupled in a last-minute amendment before being passed by the House.\u00a0<\/p>\n The penalties are limited to the places housing the bathrooms. Individuals will not be penalized.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Bathroom bill\u2019 opposition <\/p>\n The other side:<\/p>\n During a public hearing in the House Committee on State Affairs over the summer, lawmakers and citizens clashed over the proposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n One representative in opposition of the bill said it was “like filing a ban on Bigfoot,” saying there have been no incidents in bathrooms since the last attempt at a bathroom bill eight years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n Proponents of the bill claim they’ve witnessed transgender people using the “wrong” bathroom, and others denied the existence of transgender people altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this article comes from Texas Legislature Online and previous FOX Texas Digital coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n Texas<\/a>LGBTQ<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article A new Texas law mandating which bathrooms can be used by transgender people in government buildings goes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1183,223,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-73208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-lgbtq","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-texas-headlines","12":"tag-texas-news","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}