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