SB1180 Summary

• Amends Arizona civil rights statutes to clarify language and update definitions, including adding "because of sex" to encompass pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.

• Adds a new definition of "being regarded as having such a physical or mental impairment" that excludes transitory and minor impairments with an actual or expected duration of six months or less.

• Requires that women affected by pregnancy or childbirth or related medical conditions be treated the same as other persons for all employment-related purposes, including fringe benefits.

• Makes technical corrections throughout the statute including grammar updates, gender-neutral language changes, and reformatting of subsection letters and numbers.

• Changes the attorney general's authority from "shall" to "may" file a civil action after a failed conciliation agreement in public accommodations cases.