bathroom bill

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

bathroom bill (plural bathroom bills)

1. Legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms.
   • 1996 June 23, Jesse, “Maryland's "Bathroom Bill"”, in alt.support.crohns-colitis (Usenet):

     Did anyone know that the state of Maryland has a bill which states that it is illegal for a business to turn away someone to use the bathroom that suffers from:
     Crohn's Disease
     Ulcerative Colitis
     IBD
     Ostomy Device Users

   • 2006 August 4, Rick, “RISG.ORG Current News Update posted on our website.”, in alt.support.arthritis.risg-spondy.info (Usenet):

     Proposed bathroom bill could improve quality of life

   1. (Canada, US, neologism) In particular, legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms by transgender individuals.
      • 2020, Alexander K. Davis, Bathroom Battlegrounds: How Public Restrooms Shape the Gender Order, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 6:

        His goal, he emphatically clarified, was to enact “an anti-discrimination bill,” “not a bathroom bill.”