The proposal comes less than a month after the city of Phoenix passed a human rights ordinance prohibiting gender identity discrimination in public accommodations.
That measure and the proposed Arizona law represent opposite sides of a growing national debate over equal access to public restrooms for transgender people.
In Arizona, Republican Rep. John Kavanagh wants to make it a misdemeanor for a person to use a public facility associated with a gender other than what's on his or her birth certificate.
National transgender advocates say Arizona's proposed law would be the toughest standard in the nation if it passes.
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