Michigan Bans LGBTQ Job Bias in Bill Going to Whitmer’s Desk (1)

Michigan would add protections against LGBTQ bias to its anti-discrimination law under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), who has urged lawmakers to pass it.

The legislation (SB 4) would expand Michigan’s civil rights law by adding “sexual orientation, gender identity or expression” to the categories protected against discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and education.

The state House passed the bill Wednesday by a vote of 64-45 after it previously won passage March 1 in the Senate by a vote of 23-15.

Whitmer has called on legislators to revise Michigan’s bias law ...