West Virginia Senate Bill 134 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-11 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee

The purpose of this bill is to add "sexual orientation" to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in employment and places of public accommodations. This bill also adds "age" and "sexual orientation" to the categories covered by the Fair Housing Act prohibiting discrimination in housing. It defines "sexual orientation" as "heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality or gender identity or expression, whether actual or perceived"; and adds to §5-11A-3 a definition of "age" as meaning the age of forty or above .

Relating to unlawful discriminatory practices generally

Sen. Douglas Facemire [D]	Sen. Dan Foster [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]	Sen. Brooks McCabe [D]
Sen. Joseph Minard [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-11		To Judiciary
2009-02-11		To Judiciary
2009-02-11		Introduced in Senate
2009-02-11		To Judiciary
2009-02-11		Filed for introduction

HB2454 (Similar To) 2009-02-16 - To House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
HB2925 (Similar To) 2009-03-03 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	11	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11	9	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	11A	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=134&year=2009&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill