1996-02-28                     House Journal                      Page 2932
HB 226                                                                       
Nays:  Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf,         
Kubina, Long, Mackie, Navarre, Nicholia, Robinson, Toohey, Willis              
                                                                               
                                                                               
Absent:  Masek                                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
And so, CSHB 226(FIN) was adopted.                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Kelly:                           
                                                                               
Page 2, line 28:                                                               
	Delete "or parental status"                                                   
	Insert "status or parenthood"                                                 
                                                                               
Representative Kelly moved and asked unanimous consent that                    
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.  There being no objection, it was so               
ordered.                                                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 were not offered.                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representative Brown:                           
                                                                               
Page 1, lines 2 - 3 (title amendment):                                         
	Delete "certain employees by differentiating between benefits                
provided to employees with spouses or children and to other                    
employees"                                                                    
	Insert "employees based on marital status except to marital or               
domestic partners of employees"                                               
                                                                               
Page 2, line 28:                                                               
	Delete "or parental"                                                          
                                                                               
Page 2, line 29, through page 3, line 2:                                       
	Delete all material and insert:                                               
		"(1)  an employer may, without violating this chapter,                      
refuse to provide benefits to a person based on marital status                 
unless the person