Prohibiting discrimination based upon gender identity or sexual orientation

Summary

The bill rewrites the state Human Rights Act and Fair Housing Act to include "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and "familial status" as protected classes. It would prohibit employers, businesses open to the public, and landlords from discriminating on those bases and defines the new terms. The measure failed to pass and was last sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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