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In article 21 of the Charter sexual orientation is protected. 18 – Washington, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty signs the city's same-sex marriage bill into law. [61] 21 – The Legislative Assembly of the Federal District passes a bill allowing same-sex marriage and adoption 39-20. [62]
The David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 or David's Law, was a bill first introduced in the United States House of Representatives on January 7, 2009, by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas. It was designed to enhance Federal enforcement of laws regarding hate crimes , and to specifically make sexual orientation , like race and gender, a ...
Conceived as a response to the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., both in 1998, the measure expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. [3] The bill also:
The bill aimed to update the state's Human Rights Act to protect against LGBTQ+ discrimination and included a proposal to modernize the state's definition of sexual orientation. The bill proposed ...
On June 24, 2009, Frank introduced H.R. 3017 to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, [43] with 114 original cosponsors, up from 62 cosponsors for the trans-inclusive bill of 2007." [43] The lead Republican cosponsor was Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). [44]
Iowa's hate crime law provides penalty enhancements for crimes committed on the basis of the victim's sexual orientation, but not gender identity. [24] On March 8, 2016, the Iowa Senate approved a bill, in a 27–21 vote, that would have added gender identity to the law. [25]
On April 24, 2009, State Representative Alvin Holmes introduced HB533, a bill that would have added sexual orientation to the list of hate crime categories. [18] State Representative Patricia Todd , the Legislature's first and only openly‐ LGBTQ member, unsuccessfully attempted to add gender identity to the bill, but was opposed by Holmes and ...
The bill, which was never taken up in committee, would have charged health care providers who violated it with a class C felony, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and also would ...