Senate Kills Gender Identity Bill on Recommit Vote

The Senate voted 27-20 to recommit the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Bill back to the Judiciary Committee, effectively killing it on the last day of the legislative session.

All Montgomery County legislators voted against recommitting the bill. Sen. Kittleman was the only Republican to vote to support the bill. The breakdown among African-American senators followed the pattern of the marriage bill with Baltimore City legislators tending to vote against recommitting the bill with their counterparts from Prince George's voting to recommit the bill.

Key switchers from the marriage bill which passed the Senate included Senators Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Robey, and Zirkin. Two Democratic senators from more marginal districts who nonetheless supported the bill were Senators Brochin and Young.

Voting to Recommit (against the bill)
Miller
Astle
Benson
Brinkley
Colburn
Currie
DeGrange
Dyson
Edwards
Getty
Glassman
Jacobs
Jennings
Kasemeyer
Klausmeier
Mathias
McFadden
Middleton
Muse
Peters
Pipkin
Reilly
Robey
Shank
Simonaire
Zirkin

Voting against Recommit (for the bill)
Brochin
Conway
Ferguson
Forehand
Frosh
Garagiola
Gladden
Jones-Rodwell
Kelley
King
Kittleman
Madaleno
Manno
Montgomery
Pinsky
Pugh
Ramirez
Raskin
Rosapepe
Young