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Senate committee approves bill to remove race and gender quotas from state boards and commissions
Summary
The Senate State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs Committee voted to pass House Bill 1365, which removes race- and gender-based quotas from 22 statutory provisions governing boards and commissions; backers cited constitutional concerns and recent litigation, while opponents argued quotas ensure voices on unpaid advisory bodies.
House Bill 1365, which would strike race- and gender-based quotas from roughly 22 statutory provisions governing state boards and commissions, passed the Senate State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs Committee after more than an hour of questions and public comment.
Representative Carolyn Brown, the bill sponsor, told the committee, “House bill 1365 is a very simple bill, to remove race and gender quotas from 22, sections of code.” Brown and supporters said the changes are intended to bring the statutes into compliance with the Fourteenth Amendment and to avoid further litigation. Laura D’Agostino of the Pacific Legal Foundation told senators the provisions could be unconstitutional: “We believe under the, Fourteenth Amendment, this law…
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