Gov. Dunleavy's 'parental rights' in education bill drew more opposition in a second legislative hearing this week, with many citing the potential harm it could cause vulnerable transgender youth.
bill. In the hearing, which lasted six hours and concluded after 11:30 p.m., the committee heard from nearly 180 people. More than 130 of them opposed the bill. Fewer than 40 testifiers spoke in favor of the bill, despite calls in the days leading up to the hearing on conservative media for more testifiers to speak up in support of it.
The legislation, which mirrors bills proposed in several other states, has spurred more public comments than any other bill this legislative session, the vast majority of which are in opposition to the measure. In the “Imagine your child coming home and saying, ‘Oh, this is what we did today,’ and it’s something that you are completely, totally opposed to, and you’ve had no say in the matter,” said Kathy Miller from Kenai. “The family is a sacred institution created by God and anything that interferes with that institution is evil.”The measure, which was proposed by the governor in March, is unlikely to pass the Legislature this year, given opposition from the bipartisan Senate majority.
Rep. CJ McCormick, a Bethel Democrat who also serves on the education committee, said Allard’s comments were “really not consistent” with what he had been hearing on the bill. Andy Holleman, an Anchorage School Board member, urged lawmakers on the House Education Committee to not advance House Bill 105 in a hearing in Juneau on Thursday.
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