LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group organizing a Michigan ballot drive to protect LGBT people from discrimination says it will begin collecting signatures after state election officials approved the format and wording of the petition.

The Fair and Equal Michigan campaign secured the optional approvals from the Board of State Canvassers on Tuesday. It has until late May to gather roughly 340,000 valid signatures to put the initiative before the Republican-led Legislature.

If lawmakers did not approve the bill, it would be placed on the November statewide ballot.

The proposal would update state law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations. Religion-based discrimination, which already is barred, would be defined to include an individual’s “religious beliefs.”