Montpelier — The Vermont House approved a bill on Friday that requires all single-occupancy public bathrooms be open to everybody and not be restricted by gender.

The bill passed, 123-19.

Supporters of H. 333, including House Minority Leader Jill Krowinski, said the measure would promote inclusiveness, particularly for transgender people.

Opponents said the bill amounted to government overreach.

Under the proposal, all single-occupancy toilets open to the public would be labeled as “gender-free’’ and could no longer be designated exclusively for men or women. The bill would apply to restaurants and other businesses open to the public, as well as buildings owned by state and local governments.

The bill is unlikely to be voted on by the full Senate this year.

The Vermont bill is a backlash to national efforts to require transgender people, including students, to use the bathroom of the gender when they were born.

In February, President Donald Trump rescinded protections for transgender students that allowed them to use bathrooms that corresponded with their gender identity, rejecting the position of the Obama administration that schools were required to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice.

In 2016, North Carolina passed a law that required people to use the bathroom that matches the sex on their birth certificate. The law last month was partially repealed after boycotts and economic pressure, including moving the NBA All-Star Game and some NCAA championship games.

Last year, the South Dakata Legislature approved a bill requiring public school students to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their sex at birth. The governor vetoed it.

Also in 2016, California passed the first law in the country requiring single-person toilet facilities to be labeled as “all-gender.”

This year, the state senate in Texas passed a bill that does not include the explicit language originally adopted by North Carolina. Instead, the state senate banned cities from adopting non-discrimination ordinances that would apply to restrooms.

Rep. Robert Frenier, R-Chelsea, voted against the measure in part because it would require religious institutions where men and women worship separately to allow members of the opposite sex to use the bathrooms.

Rep. Krowinski, D-Burlington, said she supported the bill “because it sends a message that we value all Vermonters and strive for inclusiveness.”

Sen. President Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, said the measure might be taken up by the full Senate next year in the second half of the two-year biennium.