H514 - Equality for All Summary

• Expands protected classes in North Carolina housing law to include sexual orientation, gender identity, military/veteran status, and genetic information, in addition to existing protections for race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and familial status.

• Extends employment discrimination protections to include sexual orientation, gender identity, military/veteran status, and genetic information for employers with one or more employees, and applies same protections to state employment and local government.

• Creates new Equal Access to Public Accommodations Act prohibiting discrimination in public places based on expanded protected classes; allows bathroom and changing facilities to be separated by gender but requires access based on gender identity.

• Adds discrimination prohibitions to credit lending, insurance, and education sectors including public schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, community colleges, and University of North Carolina system.

• Prohibits exclusion from jury service based on race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military/veteran status, or genetic information; effective July 1, 2019.