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GA HB987
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/21/2018
Primary Sponsor
Samuel Park
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AI Summary
- Establishes comprehensive state civil rights protections against discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, familial status, or national origin
- Adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and age as new protected classes to Georgia's existing fair housing law, covering the sale, rental, financing, and brokerage of dwellings
- Creates a new public accommodations chapter (Chapter 16 of Title 10) prohibiting discrimination in hotels, restaurants, gas stations, entertainment venues, and related establishments, with a private right of action allowing aggrieved persons to seek injunctive relief and attorneys' fees
- Prohibits employment discrimination by private employers with 15 or more employees, providing a private right of action with remedies including reinstatement, back pay (limited to two years prior to filing), and equitable relief; excludes the federal government, tax-exempt private membership clubs, and public employers covered separately
- Amends the state's Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 to add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes for public employees, and sets an effective date of January 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Buildings and housing; comprehensive state civil rights law protecting individuals from discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment; provide
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/23/2018
Full Bill Text
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