Opponents of the Tennessee transgender restroom bill have occasionally likened it to a North Carolina law approved last month which has drawn national attention, led Bruce Springsteen to cancel a Greensboro concert and PayPal to cancel plans for an expansion of its operations in Charlotte.
But there are substantial differences in the two, primarily that the North Carolina law is much broader and includes several components beyond restroom facilities. The North Carolina law was hurriedly approved by both N.C. legislative chambers on March 23, then rushed to Gov. Pat McCrory, who signed it into law the same day.
Tennessee's House Bill 2414, by Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, and its Senate companion bill, SB2387 by Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, is limited to Tennessee's public K-12 schools and state colleges and universities, requiring students to use restrooms and locker rooms of their birth gender and not their current gender identity.
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