WATCH: Hearing erupts after Dem chair tries to sidestep GOP transgender sports bills: ‘They’re petrified’

A Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee hearing on transgender sports legislation turned contentious as Republicans accused Democrats of attempting to bypass debate on two GOP-backed bills by re-referring them without disclosing their titles. The bills, HB 158 (Fairness in Women’s Sports Act) and HB 1849 (Dads Defending Daughters Act), aim to separate scholastic athletes by biological sex. Republicans criticized Democratic Chairman Timothy Briggs for moving the bills to the Health Committee without transparency.