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Washington House Bill 2661 is a Washington state law which bans employment, insurance and housing discrimination against LGBT individuals, passed by the Washington State Legislature on January 27, 2006, and signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire four days later. The bill went into effect on June 8, 2006.
The Washington State Law Against Discrimination (also known as WLAD) is a set of laws (specifically, RCW 49.60) designed to protect individuals in the U.S. state of Washington from discrimination. [ 1 ]
Washington Washington Constitution, ARTICLE XXXI, §1 (1972) 2012 Washington Referendum 74; Washington State Law Against Discrimination. Washington House Bill 2661; CROWN Act (2020) Wisconsin AB 70 (1982) Wyoming Wyoming Constitution, Articles I and VI (1890)
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Washington's Law Against Discrimination exempts religious nonprofits, but in 2021 the state Supreme Court held that the religious hiring exemption should only apply to ministerial positions.
A newly married couple leaving Seattle City Hall is greeted by well-wishers on the first day same-sex marriages are celebrated in Washington state. Since 2001, Washington state has provided benefits to same-sex partners of state employees. [12] The state adopted a statute defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman in 1998.
Executive Order 11063: prohibits discrimination in the sale, leasing, rental, or other disposition of properties and facilities owned or operated by the federal government or provided with federal funds; Executive Order 11246 as amended, bars discrimination in federal employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
On average it takes five years for source of income anti-discrimination laws to have a real substantive impact, the authors of an October 2022 Urban Institute report found. Why it takes that long ...