Bill Text: IA HF2141 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa civil rights Act and discrimination based upon a person's political beliefs or immunization status, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-28 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 141. [HF2141 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2141-Introduced.html
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BY
ANDREWS
,
BACON
,
WESTRICH
,
GERHOLD
,
MOMMSEN
,
BODEN
,
and
JACOBSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
Iowa
civil
rights
Act
and
discrimination
1
based
upon
a
person’s
political
beliefs
or
immunization
2
status,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
216.5,
subsections
6
and
8,
Code
2022,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
To
issue
such
publications
and
reports
of
investigations
3
and
research
as
in
the
judgment
of
the
commission
shall
tend
4
to
promote
goodwill
among
the
various
racial,
religious,
and
5
ethnic
groups
of
the
state
and
which
shall
tend
to
minimize
or
6
eliminate
discrimination
in
public
accommodations,
employment,
7
apprenticeship
and
on-the-job
training
programs,
vocational
8
schools,
career
and
technical
education
programs,
or
housing
9
because
of
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
10
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
ancestry,
political
11
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability.
12
8.
To
make
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
for
13
such
further
legislation
concerning
discrimination
because
of
14
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
15
national
origin,
religion,
ancestry,
political
belief,
16
immunization
status,
or
disability
as
it
may
deem
necessary
and
17
desirable.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
216.6,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a,
b,
and
c,
19
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
a.
Person
to
refuse
to
hire,
accept,
register,
classify,
21
or
refer
for
employment,
to
discharge
any
employee,
or
to
22
otherwise
discriminate
in
employment
against
any
applicant
for
23
employment
or
any
employee
because
of
the
age,
race,
creed,
24
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
national
25
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
26
disability
of
such
applicant
or
employee,
unless
based
upon
27
the
nature
of
the
occupation.
If
a
person
with
a
disability
28
is
qualified
to
perform
a
particular
occupation,
by
reason
of
29
training
or
experience,
the
nature
of
that
occupation
shall
30
not
be
the
basis
for
exception
to
the
unfair
or
discriminatory
31
practices
prohibited
by
this
subsection
.
32
b.
Labor
organization
or
the
employees,
agents,
or
members
33
thereof
to
refuse
to
admit
to
membership
any
applicant,
to
34
expel
any
member,
or
to
otherwise
discriminate
against
any
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applicant
for
membership
or
any
member
in
the
privileges,
1
rights,
or
benefits
of
such
membership
because
of
the
age,
2
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
3
national
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
4
status,
or
disability
of
such
applicant
or
member.
5
c.
Employer,
employment
agency,
labor
organization,
or
the
6
employees,
agents,
or
members
thereof
to
directly
or
indirectly
7
advertise
or
in
any
other
manner
indicate
or
publicize
that
8
individuals
of
any
particular
age,
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
9
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
10
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability
are
11
unwelcome,
objectionable,
not
acceptable,
or
not
solicited
for
12
employment
or
membership
unless
based
on
the
nature
of
the
13
occupation.
14
(1)
If
a
person
with
a
disability
is
qualified
to
perform
a
15
particular
occupation
by
reason
of
training
or
experience,
the
16
nature
of
that
occupation
shall
not
be
the
basis
for
exception
17
to
the
unfair
or
discriminatory
practices
prohibited
by
this
18
subsection
.
19
(2)
An
employer,
employment
agency,
or
their
employees,
20
servants,
or
agents
may
offer
employment
or
advertise
for
21
employment
to
only
persons
with
disabilities,
when
other
22
applicants
have
available
to
them
other
employment
compatible
23
with
their
ability
which
would
not
be
available
to
persons
24
with
disabilities
because
of
their
disabilities.
Any
such
25
employment
or
offer
of
employment
shall
not
discriminate
among
26
persons
with
disabilities
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
creed,
27
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
political
belief,
28
immunization
status,
or
national
origin.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
216.6,
subsection
6,
paragraph
d,
Code
2022,
30
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
d.
Any
bona
fide
religious
institution
or
its
educational
32
facility,
association,
corporation,
or
society
with
respect
33
to
any
qualifications
for
employment
based
on
religion,
34
sexual
orientation,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
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or
gender
identity
when
such
qualifications
are
related
to
a
1
bona
fide
religious
purpose.
A
religious
qualification
for
2
instructional
personnel
or
an
administrative
officer,
serving
3
in
a
supervisory
capacity
of
a
bona
fide
religious
educational
4
facility
or
religious
institution,
shall
be
presumed
to
be
a
5
bona
fide
occupational
qualification.
6
Sec.
4.
Section
216.6A,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
216.6A
Additional
unfair
or
discriminatory
practice
——
wage
9
discrimination
in
employment.
10
1.
a.
The
general
assembly
finds
that
the
practice
of
11
discriminating
against
any
employee
because
of
the
age,
12
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
13
national
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
14
status,
or
disability
of
such
employee
by
paying
wages
to
such
15
employee
at
a
rate
less
than
the
rate
paid
to
other
employees
16
does
all
of
the
following:
17
(1)
Unjustly
discriminates
against
the
person
receiving
the
18
lesser
rate.
19
(2)
Leads
to
low
employee
morale,
high
turnover,
and
20
frequent
labor
unrest.
21
(3)
Discourages
employees
paid
at
lesser
wage
rates
from
22
training
for
higher
level
jobs.
23
(4)
Curtails
employment
opportunities,
decreases
employees’
24
mobility,
and
increases
labor
costs.
25
(5)
Impairs
purchasing
power
and
threatens
the
maintenance
26
of
an
adequate
standard
of
living
by
such
employees
and
their
27
families.
28
(6)
Prevents
optimum
utilization
of
the
state’s
available
29
labor
resources.
30
(7)
Threatens
the
well-being
of
citizens
of
this
state
and
31
adversely
affects
the
general
welfare.
32
b.
The
general
assembly
declares
that
it
is
the
policy
33
of
this
state
to
correct
and,
as
rapidly
as
possible,
to
34
eliminate,
discriminatory
wage
practices
based
on
age,
race,
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creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
1
national
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
2
status,
and
disability.
3
2.
a.
It
shall
be
an
unfair
or
discriminatory
practice
for
4
any
employer
or
agent
of
any
employer
to
discriminate
against
5
any
employee
because
of
the
age,
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
6
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
7
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability
of
such
8
employee
by
paying
wages
to
such
employee
at
a
rate
less
than
9
the
rate
paid
to
other
employees
who
are
employed
within
the
10
same
establishment
for
equal
work
on
jobs,
the
performance
11
of
which
requires
equal
skill,
effort,
and
responsibility,
12
and
which
are
performed
under
similar
working
conditions.
An
13
employer
or
agent
of
an
employer
who
is
paying
wages
to
an
14
employee
at
a
rate
less
than
the
rate
paid
to
other
employees
15
in
violation
of
this
section
shall
not
remedy
the
violation
by
16
reducing
the
wage
rate
of
any
employee.
17
b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
an
unfair
or
18
discriminatory
practice
occurs
when
a
discriminatory
pay
19
decision
or
other
practice
is
adopted,
when
an
individual
20
becomes
subject
to
a
discriminatory
pay
decision
or
other
21
practice,
or
when
an
individual
is
affected
by
application
of
a
22
discriminatory
pay
decision
or
other
practice,
including
each
23
time
wages,
benefits,
or
other
compensation
is
paid,
resulting
24
in
whole
or
in
part
from
such
a
decision
or
other
practice.
25
3.
It
shall
be
an
affirmative
defense
to
a
claim
arising
26
under
this
section
if
any
of
the
following
applies:
27
a.
Payment
of
wages
is
made
pursuant
to
a
seniority
system.
28
b.
Payment
of
wages
is
made
pursuant
to
a
merit
system.
29
c.
Payment
of
wages
is
made
pursuant
to
a
system
which
30
measures
earnings
by
quantity
or
quality
of
production.
31
d.
Pay
differential
is
based
on
any
other
factor
other
32
than
the
age,
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
33
gender
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
34
immunization
status,
or
disability
of
such
employee.
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4.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
any
employer
who
1
regularly
employs
less
than
four
individuals.
For
purposes
of
2
this
subsection
,
individuals
who
are
members
of
the
employer’s
3
family
shall
not
be
counted
as
employees.
4
Sec.
5.
Section
216.7,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
5
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
a.
To
refuse
or
deny
to
any
person
because
of
race,
creed,
7
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
national
8
origin,
religion,
or
disability
the
accommodations,
advantages,
9
facilities,
services,
or
privileges
thereof,
or
otherwise
to
10
discriminate
against
any
person
because
of
race,
creed,
color,
11
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
national
origin,
12
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability
13
in
the
furnishing
of
such
accommodations,
advantages,
14
facilities,
services,
or
privileges.
15
b.
To
directly
or
indirectly
advertise
or
in
any
other
16
manner
indicate
or
publicize
that
the
patronage
of
persons
of
17
any
particular
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
18
gender
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
19
immunization
status,
or
disability
is
unwelcome,
objectionable,
20
not
acceptable,
or
not
solicited.
21
Sec.
6.
Section
216.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2022,
22
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
a.
Any
bona
fide
religious
institution
with
respect
to
any
24
qualifications
the
institution
may
impose
based
on
religion,
25
sexual
orientation,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
26
gender
identity
when
such
qualifications
are
related
to
a
bona
27
fide
religious
purpose.
28
Sec.
7.
Section
216.8,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a,
b,
c,
and
29
d,
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
a.
To
refuse
to
sell,
rent,
lease,
assign,
sublease,
refuse
31
to
negotiate,
or
to
otherwise
make
unavailable,
or
deny
any
32
real
property
or
housing
accommodation
or
part,
portion,
or
33
interest
therein,
to
any
person
because
of
the
race,
color,
34
creed,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
religion,
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national
origin,
disability,
political
belief,
immunization
1
status,
or
familial
status
of
such
person.
2
b.
To
discriminate
against
any
person
because
of
the
3
person’s
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
4
identity,
religion,
national
origin,
disability,
political
5
belief,
immunization
status,
or
familial
status,
in
the
6
terms,
conditions,
or
privileges
of
the
sale,
rental,
lease
7
assignment,
or
sublease
of
any
real
property
or
housing
8
accommodation
or
any
part,
portion,
or
interest
in
the
real
9
property
or
housing
accommodation
or
in
the
provision
of
10
services
or
facilities
in
connection
with
the
real
property
or
11
housing
accommodation.
12
c.
To
directly
or
indirectly
advertise,
or
in
any
other
13
manner
indicate
or
publicize
that
the
purchase,
rental,
14
lease,
assignment,
or
sublease
of
any
real
property
or
housing
15
accommodation
or
any
part,
portion,
or
interest
therein,
by
16
persons
of
any
particular
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
sexual
17
orientation,
gender
identity,
religion,
national
origin,
18
disability,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
familial
19
status
is
unwelcome,
objectionable,
not
acceptable,
or
not
20
solicited.
21
d.
To
discriminate
against
the
lessee
or
purchaser
of
any
22
real
property
or
housing
accommodation
or
part,
portion,
or
23
interest
of
the
real
property
or
housing
accommodation,
or
24
against
any
prospective
lessee
or
purchaser
of
the
property
or
25
accommodation,
because
of
the
race,
color,
creed,
religion,
26
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
disability,
age,
27
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
national
origin
28
of
persons
who
may
from
time
to
time
be
present
in
or
on
29
the
lessee’s
or
owner’s
premises
for
lawful
purposes
at
the
30
invitation
of
the
lessee
or
owner
as
friends,
guests,
visitors,
31
relatives,
or
in
any
similar
capacity.
32
Sec.
8.
Section
216.8A,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2022,
are
33
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
1.
A
person
shall
not
induce
or
attempt
to
induce
another
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person
to
sell
or
rent
a
dwelling
by
representations
regarding
1
the
entry
or
prospective
entry
into
a
neighborhood
of
a
person
2
of
a
particular
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
3
gender
identity,
religion,
national
origin,
disability,
4
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
familial
status.
5
2.
A
person
shall
not
represent
to
a
person
of
a
particular
6
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
7
religion,
national
origin,
disability,
political
belief,
8
immunization
status,
or
familial
status
that
a
dwelling
is
not
9
available
for
inspection,
sale,
or
rental
when
the
dwelling
is
10
available
for
inspection,
sale,
or
rental.
11
Sec.
9.
Section
216.8A,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
Code
12
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
13
a.
A
person
whose
business
includes
engaging
in
residential
14
real
estate
related
transactions
shall
not
discriminate
15
against
a
person
in
making
a
residential
real
estate
16
related
transaction
available
or
in
terms
or
conditions
of
17
a
residential
real
estate
related
transaction
because
of
18
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
19
religion,
national
origin,
disability,
political
belief,
20
immunization
status,
or
familial
status.
21
Sec.
10.
Section
216.8A,
subsection
5,
Code
2022,
is
amended
22
to
read
as
follows:
23
5.
A
person
shall
not
deny
another
person
access
to,
24
or
membership
or
participation
in,
a
multiple-listing
25
service,
real
estate
brokers’
organization
or
other
service,
26
organization,
or
facility
relating
to
the
business
of
selling
27
or
renting
dwellings,
or
discriminate
against
a
person
in
28
terms
or
conditions
of
access,
membership,
or
participation
in
29
such
organization
because
of
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
sexual
30
orientation,
gender
identity,
religion,
national
origin,
31
disability,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
familial
32
status.
33
Sec.
11.
Section
216.9,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
34
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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It
is
an
unfair
or
discriminatory
practice
for
any
1
educational
institution
to
discriminate
on
the
basis
of
2
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
3
national
origin,
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
4
status,
or
disability
in
any
program
or
activity.
Such
5
discriminatory
practices
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
6
the
following
practices:
7
Sec.
12.
Section
216.10,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a,
b,
and
8
c,
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
a.
Creditor
to
refuse
to
enter
into
a
consumer
credit
10
transaction
or
impose
finance
charges
or
other
terms
or
11
conditions
more
onerous
than
those
regularly
extended
by
that
12
creditor
to
consumers
of
similar
economic
backgrounds
because
13
of
age,
color,
creed,
national
origin,
race,
religion,
marital
14
status,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
physical
15
disability,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
familial
16
status.
17
b.
Person
authorized
or
licensed
to
do
business
in
this
18
state
pursuant
to
chapter
524
,
533
,
536
,
or
536A
to
refuse
19
to
loan
or
extend
credit
or
to
impose
terms
or
conditions
20
more
onerous
than
those
regularly
extended
to
persons
of
21
similar
economic
backgrounds
because
of
age,
color,
creed,
22
national
origin,
race,
religion,
marital
status,
sex,
sexual
23
orientation,
gender
identity,
physical
disability,
political
24
belief,
immunization
status,
or
familial
status.
25
c.
Creditor
to
refuse
to
offer
credit
life
or
health
and
26
accident
insurance
because
of
color,
creed,
national
origin,
27
race,
religion,
marital
status,
age,
physical
disability,
28
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
political
belief,
29
immunization
status,
or
familial
status.
Refusal
by
a
creditor
30
to
offer
credit
life
or
health
and
accident
insurance
based
31
upon
the
age
or
physical
disability
of
the
consumer
shall
not
32
be
an
unfair
or
discriminatory
practice
if
such
denial
is
33
based
solely
upon
bona
fide
underwriting
considerations
not
34
prohibited
by
Title
XIII,
subtitle
1
.
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Sec.
13.
Section
216.12,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Any
bona
fide
religious
institution
with
respect
to
3
any
qualifications
it
may
impose
based
on
religion,
sexual
4
orientation,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
gender
5
identity,
when
the
qualifications
are
related
to
a
bona
fide
6
religious
purpose
unless
the
religious
institution
owns
or
7
operates
property
for
a
commercial
purpose
or
membership
in
the
8
religion
is
restricted
on
account
of
race,
color,
or
national
9
origin.
10
Sec.
14.
Section
216.12A,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
11
follows:
12
216.12A
Additional
housing
exception.
13
Sections
216.8
and
216.8A
do
not
prohibit
a
person
engaged
14
in
the
business
of
furnishing
appraisals
of
real
estate
from
15
taking
into
consideration
factors
other
than
race,
color,
16
creed,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
religion,
17
national
origin,
disability,
political
belief,
immunization
18
status,
or
familial
status
in
appraising
real
estate.
19
Sec.
15.
Section
256.27,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
1.
The
department
shall
provide
for
the
operation
of
an
22
online
state
job
posting
system.
The
system
shall
be
designed
23
and
implemented
for
the
online
posting
of
job
openings
offered
24
by
school
districts,
charter
schools,
area
education
agencies,
25
the
department,
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
The
system
26
shall
be
accessible
via
the
department’s
internet
site.
The
27
system
shall
include
a
mechanism
for
the
electronic
submission
28
of
job
openings
for
posting
on
the
system
as
provided
in
29
subsection
2
.
The
system
and
each
job
posting
on
the
system
30
shall
include
a
statement
that
an
employer
submitting
a
job
31
opening
for
posting
on
the
system
will
not
discriminate
in
32
hiring
on
the
basis
of
race,
ethnicity,
national
origin,
33
gender,
age,
physical
disability,
sexual
orientation,
34
gender
identity,
religion,
marital
status,
political
belief,
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immunization
status,
or
status
as
a
veteran.
The
department
1
may
contract
for,
or
partner
with
another
entity
for,
the
use
2
of
an
existing
internet
site
to
operate
the
online
state
job
3
posting
system
if
the
existing
internet
site
is
more
effective
4
and
economical
than
the
department’s
internet
site.
5
Sec.
16.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
6
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
a.
Meet
all
applicable
federal,
state,
and
local
health
8
and
safety
requirements
and
laws
prohibiting
discrimination
9
on
the
basis
of
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
10
gender
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
ancestry,
political
11
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability.
If
approved
under
12
section
256E.4
,
the
charter
school
shall
be
subject
to
any
13
court-ordered
desegregation
in
effect
for
the
school
district
14
at
the
time
the
charter
school
application
is
approved,
unless
15
otherwise
specifically
provided
for
in
the
desegregation
order.
16
Sec.
17.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
17
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
a.
Meet
all
applicable
federal,
state,
and
local
health
19
and
safety
requirements
and
laws
prohibiting
discrimination
20
on
the
basis
of
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
21
gender
identity,
national
origin,
religion,
ancestry,
political
22
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability.
A
charter
school
23
or
innovation
zone
school
located
within
the
boundaries
of
a
24
school
district
subject
to
court-ordered
desegregation
at
the
25
time
the
charter
school
or
innovation
zone
school
application
26
is
approved
shall
be
subject
to
the
desegregation
order
unless
27
otherwise
specifically
provided
for
in
the
desegregation
order.
28
Sec.
18.
Section
261A.4,
subsection
12,
paragraph
d,
Code
29
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
d.
Does
not
discriminate
in
the
admission
of
students
on
31
the
basis
of
age,
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
national
origin,
32
religion,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
disability.
33
Sec.
19.
Section
280.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
34
to
read
as
follows:
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2.
The
minimum
educational
program
shall
be
the
curriculum
1
set
forth
in
section
256.11
,
except
as
otherwise
provided
by
2
law.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
public
school
district
shall
3
not
allow
discrimination
in
any
educational
program
on
the
4
basis
of
race,
color,
creed,
sex,
marital
status,
political
5
belief,
immunization
status,
or
place
of
national
origin.
6
Sec.
20.
Section
280.28,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
7
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
c.
“Trait
or
characteristic
of
the
student”
includes
but
9
is
not
limited
to
age,
color,
creed,
national
origin,
race,
10
religion,
marital
status,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
gender
11
identity,
physical
attributes,
physical
or
mental
ability
or
12
disability,
ancestry,
political
party
preference
or
belief
,
13
political
belief,
socioeconomic
status,
immunization
status,
14
or
familial
status.
15
Sec.
21.
Section
341A.18,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
16
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
1.
A
person
shall
not
be
appointed
or
promoted
to,
or
18
demoted
or
discharged
from,
any
position
subject
to
civil
19
service,
or
in
any
way
favored
or
discriminated
against
with
20
respect
to
employment
in
the
sheriff’s
office
because
of
the
21
person’s
political
or
religious
opinions
or
affiliations
or
22
race
or
national
origin
or
sex,
or
age
,
or
immunization
status
.
23
Sec.
22.
Section
523H.5,
subsection
8,
Code
2022,
is
amended
24
to
read
as
follows:
25
8.
A
franchisor
shall
not
discriminate
against
a
proposed
26
transferee
of
a
franchise
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
national
27
origin,
religion,
sex,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
28
or
disability.
29
Sec.
23.
Section
602.1401,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
30
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
1.
The
supreme
court
shall
establish,
and
may
amend,
32
a
personnel
system
and
a
pay
and
benefits
plan
for
court
33
employees.
The
personnel
system
shall
include
a
designation
34
by
position
title,
classification,
and
function
of
each
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position
or
class
of
positions
within
the
judicial
branch.
1
Reasonable
efforts
shall
be
made
to
accommodate
the
individual
2
staffing
and
management
practices
of
the
respective
clerks
of
3
the
district
court.
The
personnel
system,
in
the
employment
4
of
court
employees,
shall
not
discriminate
on
the
basis
of
5
race,
creed,
color,
sex,
national
origin,
religion,
physical
6
disability,
immunization
status,
or
political
party
preference
7
or
belief
.
The
supreme
court,
in
establishing
the
personnel
8
system,
shall
implement
the
comparable
worth
directives
issued
9
by
the
state
court
administrator
under
section
602.1204,
10
subsection
2
.
The
personnel
system
shall
include
the
11
prohibitions
against
sexual
harassment
of
full-time,
part-time,
12
and
temporary
employees
set
out
in
section
19B.12
,
and
shall
13
include
a
grievance
procedure
for
discriminatory
harassment.
14
The
personnel
system
shall
develop
and
distribute
at
the
time
15
of
hiring
or
orientation,
a
guide
that
describes
for
employees
16
the
applicable
sexual
harassment
prohibitions
and
grievance,
17
violation,
and
disposition
procedures.
This
subsection
does
18
not
supersede
the
remedies
provided
under
chapter
216
.
19
Sec.
24.
Section
729.4,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2022,
are
20
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
1.
Every
person
in
this
state
is
entitled
to
the
opportunity
22
for
employment
on
equal
terms
with
every
other
person.
A
23
person
or
employer
shall
not
discriminate
in
the
employment
of
24
individuals
because
of
race,
religion,
color,
sex,
national
25
origin,
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
ancestry.
26
However,
as
to
employment
an
individual
must
be
qualified
to
27
perform
the
services
or
work
required.
28
2.
A
labor
union
or
organization
or
an
officer
thereof
29
shall
not
discriminate
against
any
person
as
to
membership
30
therein
because
of
race,
religion,
color,
sex,
national
origin
,
31
political
belief,
immunization
status,
or
ancestry.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
prohibits
discriminatory
practices
relating
to
1
employment,
public
accommodations,
housing,
education,
and
2
credit
practices
based
upon
a
person’s
political
beliefs
3
or
immunization
status.
However,
the
bill
does
allow
for
4
the
imposition
of
qualifications
by
bona
fide
religious
5
institutions
based
upon
political
belief
or
immunization
status
6
if
related
to
a
bona
fide
religious
purpose.
7
The
bill
prohibits
discrimination
relating
to
employment
8
opportunity
and
membership
to
a
labor
union
or
organization
9
based
upon
a
person’s
political
belief
or
immunization
status.
10
Any
person
who
violates
this
provision
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
11
a
simple
misdemeanor.
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
12
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
13
but
not
more
than
$855.
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