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CROWN Act (2022; only applies to workplace discrimination) Texas Texas Constitution, Article I, §3a (1972) CROWN Act (2023) Utah Utah Constitution, Article IV, §1 (1896) Utah SB 296 (2015) Vermont Marriage Equality Act (2009) Virginia Virginia Constitution, Article I, §11 (1971) CROWN Act (2020) Voting Rights Act of Virginia (2021)
Sex Discrimination Act 1975, amended by the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 See also the Employment Equality Regulations covering sexual orientation, religion or belief and age. Northern Ireland has a similar pattern of 'separate' equality legislation.
(7:0) The 1992 and 1993 amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 purported to vest judicial power in the Commission contrary to Ch III of the Constitution and hence were invalid. Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ( HREOC ) was a case before the High Court of Australia determining that the HREOC could not validly ...
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 was the first major anti-discrimination legislation passed in Australia, aimed at prohibiting discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. [12] Jurisdictions within Australia moved shortly after to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, through acts including the Equal Opportunity Act ...
During the legislative effort to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964, "sex" was not among the categories the bill initially covered.In the House of Representatives, Southern opponents of the legislation, led by Reprensentative Howard Smith of Virginia, proposed adding "sex" to the original list (race, color, religion, or national origin).
Inspired by the preclearance requirement in the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required some states and other jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to clear any changes to election procedure with the federal government, the Voting Rights Act of Virginia requires local election officials to collect public ...
Collier Supreme Court ruling to end racial segregation in prisons, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (1975), and measures to end mortgage discrimination, prohibited de jure racial segregation and discrimination in the US. The Immigration Act of 1965 discontinued some quotas based on national origin, with preference given to those who have US ...
Congress revisited the Act in 1975, the year that the Act's special provisions were again set to expire. The debate was less acrimonious than previous debates concerning the Act, reflecting an expanded consensus in Congress that the law remained necessary to remedy continued racial discrimination in voting.