Bill Text: MS SB2650 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Protection against discrimination; expand for housing and state employment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2650 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-SB2650-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Dawkins
Senate Bill 2650
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-33-723, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-149, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN STATE EMPLOYMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-33-723, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-33-723. No person shall be discriminated against because of race, religious principles, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or handicap by the corporation, any qualified sponsor, any lender, or any agent or employee thereof in connection with any housing development or eligible loan. No person shall be discriminated against because of age, nor shall any family be discriminated against because of children, in admission to, or continuance of occupancy in, any housing project receiving assistance under this act except for any housing project constructed under a program restricting occupancy to persons sixty-two (62) years of age or older and any directors of their immediate households or their occupant surviving spouses.
SECTION 2. Section 25-9-149, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-9-149. It is the intent of the Legislature that no person seeking employment in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, or employed in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or handicap.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
