SALT LAKE CITY—Bryan Horn is convinced he recently lost his job at a Utah credit union because he’s gay.

He said he was forced to resign, four days after telling his boss he intended to marry his partner.

“They were just looking for things to fire me on. I have no recourse,” Horn told Utah lawmakers.

A bill sponsored by Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake City) would add sexual orientation and gender identity to a list of protected classes in Utah’s anti-discrimination law.

On Jan. 25, lawmakers heard testimony about the bill and did the unexpected: They didn’t kill it.

“I think that’s a great sign. The conversation is not over,” Johnson said after a hearing in the Utah House Business and Labor Committee.

Rather than kill the bill, the committee decided to table it until another meeting.

“I take it as a very promising sign that they’re willing to think more on the issue,” said Will Carlson, policy director for the gay-rights group Equality Utah.

The Utah Labor Commission said it has received 14 complaints of discrimination against gays or transgenders since June when Equality Utah asked it to keep track.