Maine LD1432: An Act to Remove Consideration of Gender Identity from the Maine Human Rights Act

What the bill says

An Act to Remove Consideration of Gender Identity from the Maine Human Rights Act" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act Regarding Consideration of Gender Identity in the Maine Human Rights Act' Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 'Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§9-C, as amended by PL 2023, c. 41, §1, is further amended to read: 9-C. Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality or, homosexuality or gender identity or expression.' Amend the bill by relettering or renumberin.

From the introduced text:

An Act to Remove Consideration of Gender Identity from the Maine Human Rights Act" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act Regarding Consideration of Gender Identity in the Maine Human Rights Act' Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 'Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§9-C, as amended by PL 2023, c. 41, §1, is further amended to read: 9-C. Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality or, homosexuality or gender identity or expression.' Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively. SUMMARY 2211 This amendment changes the title and adds gender identity or expression to the 2222 definition of sexual orientation in the Maine Human Rights Act. Page 1 - 132LR0880(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

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Sponsors

• Michael Soboleski (R, 73) · primary sponsor
• Gary Drinkwater (R, 27)
• Ann Fredericks (R, 143)
• David Haggan (R, 10)
• (R, 19)