03/06/2018 03:15 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

        HB 184-DISCRIMINATION: GENDER ID.;SEXUAL ORIENT.                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
3:20:51 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  announced that the first  order of business                                                               
would be  HOUSE BILL NO.  184, "An Act  adding to the  powers and                                                               
duties of the State Commission  for Human Rights; and relating to                                                               
and  prohibiting discrimination  based on  sexual orientation  or                                                               
gender identity or expression."                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:21:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 3:21 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:24:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KNOPP stated that he supports HB 184.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:25:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BIRCH stated  that he does not support  HB 184 and                                                               
expressed his belief that it is unnecessary.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:25:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON  stated that she  does not support  HB 184                                                               
and  offered  the  following  statement:     "The  law  prohibits                                                               
discrimination based  on immutable characteristics such  as race,                                                               
color, sex; based  on characteristics that may  be immutable over                                                               
time which,  nonetheless, can be  objectively discerned,  such as                                                               
pregnancy, marital  status, physical or mental  disabilities, and                                                               
religion.   Sexual orientation and gender  identity or expression                                                               
do not  meet that  definition, ...  and remedy  in the  state and                                                               
federal law already exist to address those complaints."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:26:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to report  HB 184 out of committee with                                                               
individual recommendations and accompanying zero fiscal note.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:27:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BIRCH objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
A roll call  vote was taken.  Representatives  Tuck, Knopp, Wool,                                                               
and  Kreiss-Tomkins voted  in favor  of reporting  HB 184  out of                                                               
committee.   Representatives Birch and Johnson  voted against it.                                                               
Therefore,  HB 184  was  reported from  the  House State  Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee by a vote of 4-2.