In an attempt to hide the fact that his bill represents discrimination, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has rebranded his controversial "bathroom bill" as the "Women's Privacy Act," and says it will be a priority for him next year.

Patrick is following the lead of his fellow Republicans by using fear to help sell his anti-LGBT plan to businesses who are concerned about its effect on the economy.

"Transgender people have obviously been going into the ladies’ room for a long time, and there hasn't been an issue that I know of," said Patrick. "But, if laws are passed by cities and counties and school districts allow men to go into a bathroom because of the way they feel, we will not be able to stop sexual predators from taking advantage of that law, like sexual predators take advantage of the internet."

North Carolina's decision to enact a similar law this year led to disastrous results for the state's economy due to the many events that were pulled in protest of the discriminatory legislation.

That's why Steve Rudner, chairman of Equality Texas, thinks local businesses will do everything in their power to stop the bill from being passed.

"This is going to be a huge fight, and the way that you know that is that the entire business community has aligned themselves against the lieutenant governor through an effort called Texas Competes," Rudner told KHOU.

Texas Competes is a coalition of over 1,200 businesses formed to take a stand against this type of controversial legislation that they know could be disastrous for the state's economy.