RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Rep. Dan Bishop is telling the Charlotte City Council to expect a legal challenge and/or a legislative response if the group adopts a proposal he says would allow transgendered people to use public bathrooms of the opposite sex.

Bishop is an attorney who represents Mecklenburg County in the General Assembly. He is running for the Senate seat being vacated by fellow Mecklenburg Republican Bob Rucho.

"Under a broad definition of “public accommodation,” the radical new ordinance would impose the new, radical bathroom policy on every “business, ...entertainment, recreation or transportation facility of any kind” that sells to or serves the public. This includes restaurants, bars, hotels, gyms, the YMCA/YWCA, and every office building and retailer," according to a post on Bishop's campaign website.

The Charlotte Observer reports there will be a public meeting about the ordinance on Feb. 1.