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Introduced Version Senate Bill 610 History

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Senate Bill No. 610

(By Senators Facemyer, Smith, Boley, Bowman, Fanning, Plymale, Ross, Prezioso, Weeks, Sharpe, Love, Caldwell and Hunter)

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[Introduced February 23, 2004; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §5-11-2 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to classifications of protected persons.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5-11-2 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 11. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
§5-11-2. Declaration of policy.
It is the public policy of the state of West Virginia to provide all of its citizens equal opportunity for employment, equal access to places of public accommodations, and equal opportunity in the sale, purchase, lease, rental and financing of housing accommodations or real property. Equal opportunity in the areas of employment and public accommodations is hereby declared to be a human right or civil right of all persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness or disability. Equal opportunity in housing accommodations or real property is hereby declared to be a human right or civil right of all persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, blindness, disability or familial status.
The denial of these rights to properly qualified persons by reason of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness, disability or familial status is contrary to the principles of freedom and equality of opportunity and is destructive to a free and democratic society.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the classifications of persons or groups enumerated in this article to be protected against discrimination shall be exclusive of all others and no other persons or groups shall be added thereto by any agency or political subdivision of this state by promulgating, enacting, adopting or administering any ordinance, statute, regulation or rule. Nothing herein may be construed to deny or abridge the rights of any person or group of persons under the generally applicable ordinances, statutes, regulations, rules or constitution of this state, or the constitution of the United States of America.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit the groups that are protected under state law to those groups specifically enumerated in the Human Rights Act.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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