Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, recently signed a bill forcing taxpayers to fund abortion. Now, a bill that classifies the refusal to use a transgender-identifying person’s “preferred name” as discrimination is heading to his desk for signature.

House Bill 25-1312, dubbed the Kelly Loving Act, received final Senate approval on Tuesday with a 20-14 vote. It designates intentional “deadnaming”—using a trans-identifying person’s original name—or misgendering as discriminatory under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Additionally, it requires school policies on chosen names to be inclusive of “all reasons” a student might use a different name and permits students to follow any dress code variation, regardless of gender.

According to the bill’s text, a “chosen name” refers to a name someone wants to be known by related to “disability, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, or ancestry, so long as the name does not contain offensive language and the individual is not requesting the name for frivolous purposes.”

Following Senate amendments, the House approved the revised bill, which now heads to Polis. The legislation sparked almost seven hours of heated debate in the Senate on Monday, as Democrats argued the legislation addresses persistent harassment of transgender individuals, while Republicans raised concerns about parental rights and government overreach.

Democrat state Sen. Chris Kolker, a co-sponsor, stated, “This bill’s needed because if transgender residents were never harassed, denied........

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