ND Senate rejects gender pronoun bill

The North Dakota State Senate has rejected a measure that its sponsor says would limit pronouns used to reference an individual’s sex or gender identity to a person’s determined sex at birth.

The measure carried a $1,500 fine for misusing the pronoun.

The bill’s main sponsor, West Fargo Republican Sen. David Clemens, said: “I know some will disagree, but I firmly believe that truth is male and female, and nothing else.”

It came out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with a seven to nothing “do not pass” recommendation.  

Edinburg Republican Sen. Janne Myrdal said there were questions on how the measure would be enforced. And she said there are other bills on a similar issue that will be considered later in the session.

The measure failed on a 39-to-8 vote.

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(KNOX / ND PPR)