Opponents launch effort to repeal ‘bathroom bill’

STATE HOUSE — Opponents of the transgender public accommodations bill that Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law just over a week ago announced Monday they have launched a referendum initiative to repeal the law in 2018.
Led by the Massachusetts Family Institute, which largely organized the opposition to the bill, 21 people on Monday filed a referendum petition with the Secretary of State's office to initiate the repeal process for 2018. The bill became law too late for the repeal effort to make it onto the 2016 ballot.