The sponsor of the so-called transgender bathroom bill has pulled the bill for the year.

Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, was sponsoring the controversial bill in the House. She said Monday that the bill should be rolled until next year due to time constraints.

Lynn said lawmakers do not have enough time to address some of the issues with the bill. She said Gov. Bill Haslam expressed concerns about the timeline and implementation.

The bill would require students in public schools to use the bathroom and locker room of the sex on their birth certificates.

Lynn said after the attorney general released an opinion saying the state could lose federal funding if the bill passed, they began to look at the issue more closely.
Lynn said the majority of schools are already doing what the bill would require.

She said she and Haslam agreed there is not a legal problem currently and they don't want to create one.

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