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IN HB1647
Bill
Status
1/24/2017
Primary Sponsor
Vanessa Summers
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AI Summary
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Allows civil rights commission orders to require respondents to pay reasonable attorney's fees to prevailing complainants.
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Permits civil actions based on civil rights complaints to be tried by either a court or a jury at the complainant's election.
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Eliminates the requirement that both complainant and respondent must agree in writing to have probable cause findings decided in court; now only the complainant's election is necessary.
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Prevents complainants from electing court proceedings if the commission has already begun a hearing on record or if the complaint has been pending with the commission for more than 90 days.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Civil rights commission. Provides that: (1) an order by the civil rights commission may include a requirement that reasonable attorney's fees incurred by certain complainants be paid; and (2) a civil action based on a claim that is the basis for a complaint filed with the civil rights commission may be tried by a court or by a jury. Eliminates the requirement that both the complainant and respondent must agree in writing to have a claim that is the basis for a finding of probable cause by the civil rights commission decided in a court.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/24/2017