Rosenberg plans May or June debate on ‘bathroom bill’

BOSTON – Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg told a business group Wednesday that he plans to bring forward for debate in the upper chamber a measure dealing with transgender people's access to public restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities. The controversial "bathroom bill," as it is often called, has languished in the Judiciary Committee for most of the 2015-2016 legislative session. The measure (H 1577/ S 735) would give transgender people the right to use the public facili

BOSTON – Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg told a business group Wednesday that he plans to bring forward for debate in the upper chamber a measure dealing with transgender people's access to public restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities. The controversial "bathroom bill," as it is often called, has languished in the Judiciary Committee for most of the 2015-2016 legislative session. The measure (H 1577/ S 735) would give transgender people the right to use the public facili…