(WHTM) — Two Pennsylvania lawmakers have reintroduced the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, which would prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in the workplace and housing.

House Bill 300, introduced by State Representatives Jessica Benham (D-Allegheny) and Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia), aims to amend the PA Human Relations Act to include “sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression” to the list of prohibited types of discrimination, according to PA House Democrats.

Roughly half of the states in the U.S. already have similar bills. The Pennsylvania Fairness Act has been brought up in the Commonwealth for decades and even cleared the House for the first time last year.

Rep. Kenyatta is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and also considers himself religious. He says the bill found bipartisan support last year because religious organizations are exempt.

Still, the state Senate has refused to consider the bill every time it’s been introduced.