Missouri House passes bill requiring sex-based restrooms and dorms, but enforcement is unclear ^82.9%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Annelise Hanshaw - 4/23/2026, 9:00 AM

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The Missouri House passed a bill Monday that would force entities receiving state funding to restrict usage of restrooms, changing areas and sleeping accommodations based on biological sex and codify definitions for "female," "male" and "sex" throughout state statute. State Rep. Becky Laubinger, a Republican from Park Hills, pitched the... more