Fri., March 11, 2011
Sticky notes urge hearing on bill to expand anti-discrimination law

There's a bumper crop of sticky notes on the Senate State Affairs Committee hearing room door this morning, all urging Chairman Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, to hold a hearing on SB 1033, Sen. Edgar Malepeai's bill to expand the Idaho Human Rights Act's non-discrimination protections to include sexual orientation. McKenzie has declined to hold a hearing on the bill, saying conservative senators on his committee won't pass it. Malepeai introduced the bill as a personal bill on Jan. 21st. Backers of the measure have been posting the messages to McKenzie on the committee room door periodically over the past two weeks; they're quickly removed by security, but they are delivered to McKenzie.