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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, speaks emotionally during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, speaks emotionally during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake City, and Sen. Jani Iwamoto, D-Holladay, after a bill passed in the Utah Senate that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Jani Iwamoto, D-Holladay, pauses while speaking in the Utah Senate against a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Jacob Anderegg, R-Lehi, says he hates the bill and then votes for a bill in the Utah Senate that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, and Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, during debate in the Utah Senate over a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identities, in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 4, 2022.