INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence isn’t saying whether he would have signed the state Senate’s failed proposal for extending anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

Pence on Wednesday called a reporter’s question about his stance hypothetical. The Republican governor says he laid out his position during last month’s State of the State speech, during which said he wouldn’t sign a gay rights bill that he believed diminished religious freedoms

Pence spoke briefly with reporters after filing his re-election documents with state election officials, a day after GOP senators abandon efforts to pass a gay rights bill this year.

Democrat John Gregg also officially filed Wednesday to challenge Pence in the November election. Gregg said Tuesday that Indiana’s economy and reputation continue to suffer because of inaction on LGBT discrimination.