OR HB2439

Removes the term "gender identity" from approximately 70 Oregon statutes where it currently appears alongside other protected characteristics like race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, and disability

Eliminates "gender identity" from anti-discrimination protections in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, jury service, public meetings, foster care, health care, and insurance

Removes "gender identity" from hate crime and bias crime statutes (ORS 166.155 and 166.165), though retains a standalone definition of "gender identity" in certain criminal defense provisions related to the "gay/trans panic" defense

Deletes the statutory definition of "gender identity" from ORS 174.100, which currently defines it as "an individual's gender-related identity, appearance, expression or behavior, regardless of whether the identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that associated with the gender assigned to the individual at birth"

Removes gender identity protections from law enforcement profiling statutes, police officer certification standards, care facility resident rights, and state contracting requirements related to preventing workplace discrimination