West Virginia Senate Bill 238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 13 2009 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-16 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House 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 provides clarification as to an exemption from the "sexual orientation" employment-based proscriptions of this bill for "religious institutions" and offers, for the purposes of this article, a definition thereof. 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, whether actual or perceived."

Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation

Sen. Dan Foster [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]	Sen. Brooks McCabe [D]	Sen. Corey Palumbo [D]
Sen. Herb Snyder [D]	Sen. Erik Wells [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		To House Judiciary
2009-03-16		To Judiciary
2009-03-16		Introduced in House
2009-03-13		Ordered to House
2009-03-13		Passed Senate (Roll No. 1)
2009-03-13		Rejected by Senate (Voice vote)
2009-03-13		Laid over on 3rd reading 3/13/09
2009-03-13		Unanimous consent
2009-03-13		Read 3rd time
2009-03-13		On 3rd reading
2009-03-12		Rejected (Voice vote)
2009-03-12		Rereferred to Judiciary on 2nd reading
2009-03-12		Motion
2009-03-12		Read 2nd time
2009-03-12		On 2nd reading
2009-03-11		Read 1st time
2009-03-11		On 1st reading
2009-03-10		Committee substitute reported
2009-02-12		To Judiciary
2009-02-12		To Judiciary
2009-02-12		Introduced in Senate
2009-02-12		To Judiciary
2009-02-12		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
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5	11A	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
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Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=238&year=2009&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill