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Dustin Burrows: “Preempting local, you know, ordinances and municipalities…”

Featuring: Dustin Burrows, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 83

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Published November 9, 2017 | Video Starts at 17:54

You know, I'm an unapologetic supporter of the House's version of the bathroom bill, and it really has a lot to do with bathrooms. I kind of don't like the nomenclature calling it the bathroom bill, but, you know, Preempting local, you know, ordinances and municipalities from creating new protected classes. I thought it was. It was actually. And I know some in the business community, or at least the tech association of business, would disagree. (17:54–17:59)

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Asserts that the bathroom bill aims to prevent local ordinances from creating new protected classes.

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