MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A proposal to label all of Vermont’s public, single-use bathrooms gender-free is getting praise from a variety of stakeholders, but time is running out to pass the measure this year.
The House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs heard from a variety of stakeholders on the bill Tuesday afternoon, from the American Civil Liberties Union to directors of LGBTQ advocacy groups and the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce.
Brenda Churchill, a transgender woman told the committee that she often has to remember where single-user toilets are on her travel routes.
Vermont’s bill is based on a 2016 California law that became effective in March and uses similar language and requirements to the Vermont bill.
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