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A federal judge partially blocked an Idaho law that could jail transgender people for using the wrong bathroom from taking effect Tuesday, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

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Chief U.S. District Court Judge Amanda Brailsford \u2014 appointed by former President Joe Biden in 2023 \u2014 a narrow preliminary injunction against House Bill 752 (HB 752) temporarily blocking the enforcement of criminal penalties for use of some public restrooms. Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed HB 752 into law May 31 after Republican lawmakers approved it in March. The law bars transgender individuals from \u201cknowingly and willfully enter[ing] a restroom or changing room in a government-owned building or a place of public accommodation \u2026 that is designated for use by the opposite biological sex,\u201d its text. Republican Idaho Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador blasted the injunction, saying Tuesday that his office will appeal it.<\/p>\n

The injunction bans enforcement against individuals claiming they are transgender wherever the restroom \u201cdesignated for use by sex is a single-user facility,\u201d or \u201cwhen a single-user restroom is not available because no-single user restroom exists on the same floor as the multi-user facilities or all single-user restrooms on the same floor as the multi-user facilities are occupied or not in service.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judge also wrote that the plaintiffs did not pursue an injunction connected to changing rooms.<\/p>\n

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HB 752 makes the first offense a misdemeanor resulting in up to one year in a county jail, the bill. The second offense, if it occurs within five years of the first, is a felony punishable by up to five years in state prison. The law was set to take effect on July 1 prior to the preliminary injunction. (RELATED: Loudoun School Official Grilled On Letting Transgenders Use Girls\u2019 Bathrooms, Sleep With Girls On Trips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brailsford ruled that the plaintiffs\u2019 case would likely succeed based on their argument that the new Idaho law is \u201cunconstitutionally vague,\u201d the order reads. She argued the law \u201cfails to provide sufficient standards for law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brailsford argued that the law would be difficult to enforce because it depended on \u201ca law enforcement officer\u2019s ability to determine an individual\u2019s \u2018biological sex.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former Republican Idaho state Senator Scott Herndon, who co-authored the bill while in office, said it \u201cprotects women and girls from biological males in their most vulnerable spaces\u201d shortly after legislature passed it.<\/p>\n

But Brailsford dismissed the state\u2019s concerns about safety, agreeing with the plaintiffs that those issues were addressed by Idaho\u2019s existing laws. Plaintiffs claimed that of all the incidents the law was created to prevent, only one incident from over ten years ago had involved a transgender person, and the individual had been prosecuted under existing Idaho law, according to the ruling.<\/p>\n

The judge reserved the right to rule on the plaintiffs\u2019 claims about equal protection and privacy rights at a later date.<\/p>\n

Labrador argued that the judge\u2019s ruling misrepresented the Idaho state government\u2019s position. \u201cBiological sex is not vague, and neither is this law,\u201d Labrador posted on X. \u201cThe good news is that this ruling is narrow. Idaho\u2019s law remains enforceable in most settings, including changing rooms and many restrooms. The injunction applies only in limited circumstances and to certain people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lambda Legal Attorney Kell Olson, who represented the plaintiffs, praised the ruling in a press release Tuesday. \u201cThis ruling will allow transgender people throughout Idaho to find and use a public restroom, without the fear of arrest looming over them, while we continue the longer fight to permanently defeat this discriminatory law in court,\u201d Olson said.<\/p>\n

Brailsford\u2019s ruling comes in response to six transgender Idaho plaintiffs who brought the case, the Idaho Capital Sun reported. They filed on April 29, arguing that the law was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment\u2019s equal protection and due process clauses, according to the court order.<\/p>\n

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