The Montana House on Tuesday approved a bill that would repeal a gay protections law in Missoula, the state’s second largest city. Republican Representative Kristin Hansen’s bill cleared a key House panel on Monday.
If approved, the measure would effectively overturn Missoula’s 2010 ordinance banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (transgender protections) by prohibiting local governments from enacting protections beyond those in the state’s Human Rights Act, which does not include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Sixty GOP members united to approve the bill. Seven Republican members crossed the aisle to join all 32 Democrats in opposing its passage, the Missoulian reported.
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