HB  17-DISCRIMINATION: GENDER ID.;SEXUAL ORIENT.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:24:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 17, "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."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND shared  that she was honored  to move the                                                               
bill  from committee.   She  noted that  the Anchorage  Municipal                                                               
Assembly  had   considered  a  similar   policy  in   2009  which                                                               
eventually became  law.  She  noted that 600 people  offered over                                                               
30 hours of emotional testimony.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN  expressed his  appreciation of  the input                                                               
from the public.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:26:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SNYDER moved  to report  HB 17  out of  committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no  objection, HB  17 was reported  from the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee.