Vote tally Thursday on Michigan House Bill 4024, which would restrict student access to certain bathrooms and changing areas based on the person’s gender at birth, effectively banning transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. (Michigan Advance, screenshot)

The Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill dictating which bathrooms K-12 and higher education students can use, a move that LGBTQ+ advocates have called a seeming violation of the state’s hallmark civil rights law.

House Bill 4024, sponsored by state Rep. Joseph Fox, R-Fremont, passed the House on a party line vote of 58 to 46. Democratic representatives including Alabas Farhat, Peter Herzberg, Donavan McKinney, Cynthia Neeley and Karen Whitsett did not vot

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