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GA HB1458
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/24/2022
Primary Sponsor
Spencer Frye
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AI Summary
- Expands Georgia's fair housing law (Article 4, Chapter 3, Title 8) by adding six new protected classes: age, creed, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and source of income to existing protections covering race, color, religion, sex, familial status, and national origin
- Prohibits discrimination based on the expanded protected classes in the sale, rental, financing, and brokerage of dwellings, including refusing to sell or rent, setting discriminatory terms or conditions, publishing discriminatory advertisements, and misrepresenting availability
- Bars discrimination based on the new categories in residential real estate transactions, property appraisals, and access to multiple-listing services or real estate brokers' organizations
- Updates the religious organization exemption to allow limiting sale, rental, or occupancy to persons of the same religion only if membership in that religion is not restricted based on any of the expanded protected classes
- Replaces the term "handicap" with "disability" throughout the fair housing article as a conforming change
Legislative Description
Buildings and housing; prohibit discrimination based on age, creed, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and source of income
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/1/2022
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/28/2022
Full Bill Text
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