People would only be allowed to enter spaces that correspond to their sex assigned at birth, regardless of their appearance or any procedures they’ve had to affirm their gender identity.
Here’s a rundown on what’s still in play, and what has already died after Tuesday’s deadline on general bills.
Mississippi had an initiative process for decades until the state Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that the process was no longer valid.
Democratic Sen. Barbara Blackmon of Canton, who is Black, compared the proposal to laws that racist white people enacted to suppress Black people after Reconstruction.
Proponents said the law would ensure all car manufacturers, regardless of their business model, play by the same rules.
