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Highway Patrol troopers Monday for blocking access to a legislative committee hearing while they were demanding for S.B.100 to be heard. Before the troopers took action shortly after 2 p.m., the protesters were told they were committing a potential felony and a class B misdemeanor by interfering with the hearing scheduled in the Senate Building on the Capitol grounds. Currently, Utah law prohibits workplace and housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, or disability. Senator Urquarts bill would add protections for sexual orientation/gender identity. People of any race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. still can be fired/evicted; but not because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. In other words, if a person is otherwise qualified, housing and employment decisions should not be based on that person's sexual orientation/gender identity. This addition to the law is straightforward and simple. In Senator Urquharts own words, "without hurting anyone, it will protect individuals. It will promote economic development. It is supported by a significant majority of Utahns."
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Urquhart sponsored S.B. 100, Anti-discrimination Amendments during the 2014 legislative session. Although this bill was kept in the Rules Committee, it was the topic of many conversations. 13 gay rights protesters seeking a hearing for the anti-discrimination bill were handcuffed and taken
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Urquhart also drafted SB 284, which focuses on Concurrent Enrollment for High School students. This made students pay not more than $ 30/credit hour—for credits that they concur in, which would still be at least an 80% subsidy. Amendment 3 exempts from that fee certain general education
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Penalty Amendments during the 2016 Legislative Session. The bill would have eliminated the death penalty as an option in Utah. Urquhart made the argument that sentencing someone to the death penalty is an arduous process that drags the victim's family through judicial mud. He also cited
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