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Georgia House keeps hate crimes protection as it seeks to restrict transgender sports participation

The Georgia House unanimously approved House Bill 267, maintaining protections for transgender individuals against hate crimes while advancing restrictions on transgender students in sports.
Democratic Rep. Karla Drenner criticized the bill as discriminatory, calling it the 'erasure of transgender Georgians act.'
Republican Rep. Josh Bonner stated that the amendments were made out of caution regarding potential legal challenges to the hate crimes law.
House Democratic Caucus Leader Tanya Miller warned that changes could lead to difficulties in prosecuting hate crimes against transgender people.

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