Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a complaint portal so Texans can report men in women’s bathrooms, The Dallas Express has exclusively learned.
Paxton has launched a complaint form on his office’s website, where residents can report violations of Senate Bill 8, which took effect on December 4.
The law ensures state agencies uphold privacy in single-sex spaces like restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms, and take “every reasonable step” to keep out those of the opposite sex.
“I encourage anyone who believes a state agency or political subdivision has violated S.B. 8 to submit a complaint via the form on my website,” Paxton said in a statement obtained by DX. “Together, we will uproot and bring justice to any state agency or political subdivision that opens the door for men to violate women’s privacy, dignity, and safety.”
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed S.B. 8, or the “Texas Women’s Privacy Act,” into law in September, as The Dallas Express previously reported.
The law requires political subdivisions or state entities – including public schools, charter schools, and state universities – to designate each multiple-use private space for single-sex use and to prevent members of the opposite sex from entering.
Amid privacy concerns, this issue has gained momentum across America.
Earlier this year, a student who identified as “transgender” allegedly filmed high school boys in a Virginia locker room. Also, earlier this year, another student reportedly exposed himself to high school girls in Wisconsin locker room showers.
If public bodies break Texas’ recent bathroom law, they could face up to $125,000 in civil fines per violation, as The Dallas Express previously reported.
“The Texas Women’s Privacy Act was passed to ensure that women and girls in Texas are protected from mentally ill men wanting to violate their basic right to privacy in places like restrooms and locker rooms,” Paxton said in the statement obtained by DX.
“It’s absolute insanity that action like this is even needed, but unfortunately in the day and age of radical leftism, it is,” he added.
