NJ A605

Amends New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to explicitly codify that unlawful discrimination includes both "disparate treatment" and "disparate impact" of facially neutral policies on protected classes.

Protected classes under the LAD include race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, military service liability, disability, and nationality.

Adds language to disability discrimination provisions specifying that unlawful discrimination includes disparate impact of facially neutral policies on disabled persons, not just direct disparate treatment.

Codifies existing case law interpretations that already recognized disparate impact claims under the LAD, converting judicial precedent into statutory law.

Takes effect immediately upon enactment.