"bathroom bill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bathroom bills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Head templates: {{en-noun}} bathroom bill (plural bathroom bills)
  1. Legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms.
    Sense id: en-bathroom_bill-en-noun-SN2ENl16
  2. Legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms.
    (Canada, US, neologism) In particular, legislation concerning the use of public bathrooms by transgender individuals.
    Tags: Canada, US, neologism Categories (topical): Transgender, Transphobia
    Sense id: en-bathroom_bill-en-noun-YnIs24JC Disambiguation of Transgender: 16 84 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 18 82 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81

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