Thursday, May 29, 2008

Colorado Democrats enact LGBT accomodations law

The Colorado Senate and House passed SB 200, which will make it illegal to discriminate in housing and public accomodations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Democratic Governor Bill Ritter signed it into law earlier today.

In the Senate, 100% (20 of 20) of Democrats voted for SB 200; 0% (0 of 15) of Senate Republicans voted for it.

In the House, 93% (37 of 40) of Democrats voted for SB 200; 4% (1 of 25) of House Republicans voted for it.

The Senate voted thusly:

Democrats -- Yes
Bacon
Boyd
Gibbs
Gordon
Groff
Hagedorn
Isgar
Keller
Morse
Romer
Sandoval
Scwartz
Shaffer
Takis
Tapia
Tochtrop
Tupa
Veiga
Williams
Windels

Democrats -- No

none

Republicans -- Yes

none

Republicans -- No
Brophy
Cadman
Harvey
Johnson
Kester
Kopp
McElhany
Mitchell, S
Penny
Renfroe
Schultheis
Spence
Taylor
Ward
Wiens

The House voted thusly:

Democrats -- Yes
Benefield
Borodkin
Buescher
Butcher
Carroll, M
Carroll, T
Casso
Curry
Ferrandino
Fischer
Frangas
Gagliardi
Gallegos
Green
Hodge
Jann
Judd
Kefalas
Kerr, A
Labuda
Levy
Madden
Marshall
McFadyen
McGihon
Merrifield
Middleton
Peniston
Pommer
Primavera
Rice
Riesberg
Romanoff
Scanlan
Solano
Todd
Weissman


Democrats -- No or Excused

McKinley (excused)
Soper
Stafford

Republicans -- Yes

White

Republicans -- No
Balmer
Bruce
Gardner, B
Gardner, C
Garza-Hicks
Kerr
King
Lambert
Liston
Looper
Lundberg
Marostica
Massey
May
McNulty
Mitchell
Roberts
Rose
Sonnenberg
Stephens
Summers
Swalm
Vaad
Witwer

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