The proposed bill would create an optional registration system for transgender people who have “sex reassignment surgery.”

AP / Gerry Broome House Speaker Tim Moore has been leading proponent of North Carolina's law that bans transgender people from public restrooms that match their gender identity.

Republican leaders of North Carolina's House of Representatives have drafted legislation that would “walk back” an anti-LGBT law that was passed in spring after conversations with the NBA, according to a report Tuesday by WBTV.

But LGBT advocates roundly blasted the draft bill in interviews with BuzzFeed News, saying it would actually exacerbate problems with the state's existing anti-LGBT law — which bans transgender people from public restrooms that match their gender identity. The proposed legislation would create a system by which transgender people who want to use restrooms that reflect their gender could obtain a state-issued certificate vouching for a “sex reassignment surgery.” But critics say that would amount to a government registration to use the restroom.

“This bill raises a whole new host of privacy concerns."

“This bill raises a whole new host of privacy concerns by establishing some sort of registry or government repository of private medical information about transgender people,” Chase Strangio, a staff attorney for the ACLU, told BuzzFeed News. Strangio, who is litigating a case in federal court against North Carolina over the existing law, added the law’s constitutional and civil rights violations would be “in some ways reinforced” by the draft bill. “It’s almost like they are doubling down on their transgender discrimination and their creepy fixation with the genital characteristics of trans people,” he said. “Hopefully people won’t be fooled by this non-fix of the law.” A draft of the bill is posted here. The NBA’s position is of particular interest. WBTV reported the draft bill resulted from conversation between the NBA — which had raised concerns about the existing law in the past — and Republican state leaders. The station also reported the NBA may support the new bill. “A person with knowledge of the league’s plans, who asked not to be identified to discuss details of the ongoing discussion surround the 2017 All Star Game’s future in Charlotte, said passage of the proposed legislation would be a big step in helping the league to make the decision to keep the game in Charlotte,” WBTV said. The NBA did not immediately respond to requests from BuzzFeed News for comment. But LGBT advocates came out against it in force. Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told BuzzFeed News the bill is a step backward.

WBTV reported the bill resulted from conversations between the NBA and Republicans.