Among the bills under consideration, besides the school curriculum opt-out bill, are pieces of legislation described as “bathroom bills” or regulating trans athletes in women’s sports. The open letter pointed out that the music industry is responsible for $5.8 billion of the state’s annual economy and 61,000 jobs. Among the dozens of signees proposing a more “open, welcoming, and inclusive environment” and predicting “disastrous” consequences from slate of bills were Apple, Big Loud, Big Machine, CMT, Curb Records, Kobalt Music, Maverick Management, Q Prime South, Sony Music Nashville, Spotify, Third Man Records, Universal Music Group Nashville, Warner Chappell Nashville and Warner Music.
