Relating to protections for persons with disabilities.

Summary

The bill would direct the Bureau of Labor and Industries to issue guidance for employers, ban employers from refusing a qualified employee’s request for an authorized representative during accommodation talks, and stop the use of unrelated physical job requirements to screen out disabled applicants. It also extends anti‑discrimination rules to local governments, employment agencies, labor unions, public accommodations, and health providers, and clarifies that a mental‑disorder diagnosis cannot be used to deny housing. The measure failed and was left in committee.

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