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Comments got heated during public testimony of Senate Bill 8 on Friday.

Senate Bill 8 would require individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to their biological sex in schools and government buildings.

The bill was left pending in committee.

Tensions ran high at a Texas House committee hearing over a bill that would bar transgender people from using bathrooms in government buildings that align with their gender identities.

The Texas House Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on Senate Bill 8 , which would require individuals in schools and government buildings to use a bathroom that coincides with their biological sex. It would also limit what family violence shelters, prisons and jails that transgender people can be placed into.

The bill would allow for pla

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