HB4012 HFA Pushkin 2-10 # 1

                Delegate Pushkin moves to amend Com Sub for HB4012 on page 2, section 4, line 18, following the period, by inserting a new subsection (d), to read as follows:

            “(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a local law may be enacted by any political subdivision of this state to require that any person providing any public service or accommodation that refuses to provide that service or accommodation to any member of the public based on him or her exercising his or her religious beliefs, that requires that person post a sign of sufficient size and location visible to the public at the location where the service or accommodation is being provided, to notify members of the public that he or she will be refused service or accommodation based on the religious beliefs of the person providing that service or accommodation:  Provided, That any penalty established for failure to pose such sign shall not exceed $200.00 for each violation.”