A Pennsylvania government panel is considering adding extensive definitions of sex, religious creed and race to nondiscrimination regulations.
Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, a longtime proponent of LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination bills, said Republican opponents "have blocked every attempt that we've had on the House floor to do this. So that provides plenty of rationale to proceed on the regulatory basis."
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's press secretary, Beth Rementer, said he favored making changes through state law. "Unfortunately, given Republican led efforts to push legislation that only seeks to discriminate and bully individuals and their refusal to take up commonsense bills, this action through regulation is one more way the administration can protect Pennsylvanians," Rementer said.
The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said it supports "the intent" of the commission's proposal and that at the group's request some changes were made, including a two-month delay on implementation. Although many municipalities in the state have nondiscrimination ordinances that address sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, that is not the case statewide.
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