Republicans in at least 20 other states have filed similar bills.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law Thursday a bill barring transgender girls and women from playing on female school sports teams amid a push by Republicans across the country to keep trans people from playing sports in accordance with their gender identify. 20. That’s the number of state legislatures where Republicans have filed bills to keep transgender athletes from competing on the team that line up with their identity, according to the Associated Press.
