Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, is working on a compromise bill regarding discrimination protections for gay and lesbian Idahoans, NPR reporter Jessica Robinson reports today. Hill said he is drawing on a newly passed Utah law, but not copying it.

"I don’t think that a business should deny services to a person because of their sexual orientation," Hill told NPR. "However, I think that businesses should have a right not to participate in events that promote something that’s contrary to their religious beliefs.” While saying he’s not ready to talk specifics, Hill said he wants to make sure photographers, bakers and other businesses in the wedding industry are not obligated to participate in same-sex weddings.

Hill said his bill wouldn’t change the existing Idaho Human Rights Act, and instead would create a new section in another portion of Idaho law; you can see Robinson’s full report online here.