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bathroom bill en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms.
    • Did anyone know that the state of Maryland has a bill which states that it is illegal for a business to turn away someone to use the bathroom that suffers from: Crohn's Disease Ulcerative Colitis IBD Ostomy Device Users 1996 June 23, Jesse, “Maryland's "Bathroom Bill"”, in alt.support.crohns-colitis (Usenet):
    • Proposed bathroom bill could improve quality of life 2006 August 4, Rick, “RISG.ORG Current News Update posted on our website.”, in alt.support.arthritis.risg-spondy.info (Usenet):
  2. (Canada, US, neologism) Legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms. ▸ In particular, legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms by transgender individuals.
    • His goal, he emphatically clarified, was to enact “an anti-discrimination bill,” “not a bathroom bill.” 2020, Alexander K. Davis, Bathroom Battlegrounds: How Public Restrooms Shape the Gender Order, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 6:

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