File Code: Human Relations
Prior Year Introduction As: 
HB 1598/08 - HGO
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 566  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle,
Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory,
Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone,
Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones,
Kaiser, Kirk, Krysiak, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Love, Manno, McHale, McIntosh,
Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice,
Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stukes, Tarrant, F. Turner, V.
Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Human Relations - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Antidiscrimination
 
Prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity with regard to
public accommodations, housing, and employment; prohibiting
discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in
commercial leasing; providing that an employer is immune from
liability for certain acts to verify gender identity; making specified
remedies and procedures regarding discrimination applicable to
discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity;
defining the term "gender identity"; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/4
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 2/11
 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 
Senate Action
- No Action
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
 - Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
 - Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
 - Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
 - Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
 - Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
 - Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
 - Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
 - Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
 - Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
 - Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
 - Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
 - Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
 - Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
 - Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
 - Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
 - Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
 - Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
 - Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
 - Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
 - Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
 - Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13
 - Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
 - Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
 - Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
 - Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A
 - Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
 - Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
 - Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
 - Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
 - Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
 - Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
 - Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
 - Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
 - Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
 - Delegate Gerron S. Levi, District 23A
 - Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
 - Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19
 - Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
 - Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
 - Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
 - Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
 - Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
 - Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
 - Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
 - Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
 - Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
 - Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
 - Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 - Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
 - Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
 - Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
 - Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
 - Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Discrimination
 - Hotels and Motels
 - Housing -see also- Apartments; Condominiums; Mobile Homes
 - Leases and Rent
 - Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
 - Real Estate -see also- Agents and Brokers
 - Restaurants
 - Sexual Orientation
 - State Employees
 - Unions
 - Work, Labor and Employment -see also- Col Barg; Holiday; etc
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   State Government
 - (
 20-101 ,
 20-101 ,
 20-302 ,
 20-304 ,
 20-401 ,
 20-402 ,
 20-501 ,
 20-602 ,
 20-603 ,
 20-605 ,
 20-606 ,
 20-607 ,
 20-702 ,
 20-704 ,
 20-705 ,
 20-707 ,
 20-1103 
)
 -   State Personnel and Pensions
 - (
 2-302 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered