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Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, authored a bill, SB 1146, passed by the state Senate on Thursday that would make it more difficult for universities to get religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBT individuals. Rich Pedroncelli The Associated Press Secular Press: The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would make it more difficult for universities to get religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBT individuals. The bill would affect more than 30 higher education institutions in California that currently have religious exemptions to federal or state anti-discrimination laws. It also requires universities receiving religious exemptions to disclose them. Currently, state exemptions are only available through a Freedom of Information Act request. The author of the bill , Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, said LGBT students and staff have been expelled from school or fired from their jobs based on their sexual orientation or gende...