HB 1930 Summary

• Adds sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under Missouri's discrimination laws in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

• Redefines "because" or "because of" discrimination to mean a protected criterion played a part or was a motivating factor, rather than requiring it to be the sole cause.

• Expands the definition of discrimination to include treatment based on presumed or assumed protected characteristics, whether or not the assumption is correct.

• Adds new definition of "gender identity" as gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or characteristics with or without regard to sex at birth.

• Modifies unemployment compensation law by redefining "misconduct" to include specific conduct categories such as violations of no-call/no-show policies, chronic absenteeism, and knowing violations of employer rules, with an employee defense if they did not know or could not reasonably know the rule's requirements.