Senate passes bill on transgender athletes, transition procedures for minors

The state Senate today approved transgender-related bills dictating what teams those athletes can play on, limiting what pronouns students can use at school and allowing lawsuits for injuries from transition procedures performed on minors. Dem Sen. Mark Spreitzer, of Beloit, slammed the bills as an effort to “legislate trans people out of existence.” But GOP Sen. Rob Hutton, who co-authored the sp...