Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and other law enforcement take part in public safety event where they spoke against a proposed “bathroom bill,” Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Austin, Texas.
A Texas version of a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people again passed the state Senate on Tuesday over opposition from police and major corporations, but still faces an uncertain path to becoming law.
It is the second time this year Texas has lurched toward putting restrictions on which bathrooms transgender people can use, but the same deep GOP divisions that sank the first try remain.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, left, and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus, right, stand with other law enforcement in the rotunda at the Texas Capitol
If anything, tensions are running even hotter. Now at stake for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who faces re-election in 2018 and has gone against the tide of
