Anti-Discrimination Bills
version of these bills was signed into law. STATUS: HB 331 was introduced in the House on Feb. 9, 2011, and HB 330 was introduced in the House on Feb. 10, 2011. Both bills were referred to the State and Local Government Committee. They were withdrawn on Feb. 10. 2011, and thereby killed.
Anti-Discrimination Bills DEAD
DEAD Tennessee Senate Bill 632 This bill would have prohibited any local government from imposing on any person an anti-discrimination practice, standard, definition, or provision that varies in any manner from the definition of “discriminatory practices” under present state law or other types of discrimination recognized by state law, but only to the extent recognized by the state; mandated any antidiscrimination provision adopted by a local government prior to the effective date of this bill which exceeds state law would be null and void; defined sex to mean “the designation of the person as male or female as indicated on the person’s birth certificate.” The anti-discrimination requirements would not have applied with respect to employees of a local government. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 14, 2011. It passed the Senate State and Local Government Committee on May 9, 2011. On May 12, 2011, the Senate substituted House bill 600. DEAD Texas House Bill 208/ Senate Bill 741 These bills would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to the state law prohibiting discrimination in insurance. STATUS: HB 208 was introduced in the House on Nov. 8, 2010, and was referred to the House Insurance Committee. SB 741 was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 16, 2011, and was referred to the State Affairs Committee. They died upon adjournment on May 30, 2011. DEAD Texas House Bill 665 This bill would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to the state employment antidiscrimination law. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 14, 2011, and was referred to the Economic and Small Business Development Committee. It died upon adjournment on May 30, 2011. DEAD Utah Senate Bill 148 This bill would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment and housing. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 3, 2011, and was referred to the Senate Rules Committee. It died when the Senate struck the enacting clause on March 10, 2011.
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DEAD Virginia House Bill 1509 This bill would have prohibited discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation, defined to include gender identity. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Dec. 17, 2010, and was referred to the Committee on General Laws. It died on Feb. 8, 2011, when it was left in committee. DEAD Virginia House Bill 1755 This bill would have amended the state antidiscrimination law to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The law prohibits discrimination in education, employment, housing, and public accommodations. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 11, 2011, and was referred to the Committee on General Laws. It died when it was left in committee on Feb. 8, 2011. DEAD Virginia House Bill 1964 This bill would have prohibited discrimination in public employment, including on the basis of sexual orientation. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 11, 2011, and was referred to the Committee on General Laws. It died when it was left in committee on Feb. 8, 2011. DEAD Virginia House Bill 2046 This bill would have prohibited discrimination in public employment, including on the basis of sexual orientation, defined to include gender identity. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 11, 2011, and was referred to the Committee on General Laws. It died when it was left in committee on Feb. 8, 2011. DEAD Virginia House Bill 2474 This bill would have declared any individual ineligible to serve under the now obsolete “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law to currently be ineligible to serve in the Virginia National Guard. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 21, 2011. It died when it failed to pass the Committee on Rules on Feb. 1, 2011. DEAD Virginia Senate Bill 747 This bill would have prohibited discrimination in state employment, including on the basis of sexual orientation, defined to include gender identity. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Oct. 29, 2010. It passed the Committee on General Laws and Technology on Jan. 29, 2011, and the full Senate on Feb. 2, 2011. It died when it was left in the House Committee on General Laws on Feb. 22, 2011.