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By Michelle Casady Law360, Houston (August 16, 2017, 3:22 PM EDT) -- A special legislative session called for by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ended Tuesday without the House passing what opponents — including law firms and Texas Fortune 500 companies — have called an anti-transgender “bathroom bill,” but that doesn't mean the bill's fate has been sealed. The Texas Privacy Act , commonly referred to as the bathroom bill, would have required people to use the restroom, shower or changing facility that corresponds with the sex listed on their birth certificates and not the facility corresponding with their gender identity. Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick named the bill as one of his top 10 legislative priorities after Sen. Lois Kolkhorst introduced the bill in January. Kolkhorst said at the time it was meant to counteract a directive from the Obama administration that let children use the school bathroom that matches their gender identity. According to the Legislative Reference Libr...

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Texas legislature concluded its special session late Tuesday without passing the so-called "bathroom bill" -- controversial legislation aimed at limiting public restroom access to transgender persons. The special 30- day session ended a day ahead of schedule, but without a resolution for the restroom bill -- and several others Gov. Greg Abbott wanted passed . The proposed law failed to pass for the second time this year. A similar effort to restrict transgender persons from using public bathrooms , showers and lockers opposite their birth sex died during the legislature's regular session in June. The bathroom bill divided both the state's Senate, which approved it, and House, which defeated it. The Texas Republican Party was also split on the issue. Demonstrators in Austin opposed the restrictive proposal, calling it a veiled attempt to marginalize the transgender community. Businesses like ExxonMobil and Amazon opposed it as well -- j...