Sponsors: Orphy Klempa

The purpose of this bill is to add “sexual orientation” to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in employment and places of public accommodations. This bill also provides clarification as to an exemption from the sexual orientation employment-based proscriptions of this bill for religious institutions and offers, for the purposes of this article, a definition thereof. This bill also adds “age” and “sexual orientation” to the categories covered by the Fair Housing Act prohibiting discrimination in housing. It defines “sexual orientation” as “heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality or gender identity, whether actual or perceived.”