A new law proposed in California could see transgender people faced with a $4,000 fine for using public toilets.

A ballot initiative filed by right-wing activists in the state, titled the ‘Personal Privacy Protect Act’, proposes that “a person shall use facilities in accordance with their biological sex in all [state] government buildings”.

If they fail to comply, then every single person in the toilet “whose privacy was actually violated” by a transgender person entering, would be able to sue them for “no less than $4,000?.

If the law is approved by voters in the state, it would apply to any public toilets, dressing rooms and showers in public usage, including public schools and universities.