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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PROPERTY - RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Lancia, Walsh, Lima, and Williams | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2017 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 34-37 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Fair Housing |
2 | Practices Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 34-37-2.5. Right to equal housing opportunities. Housing status. |
4 | Whenever in this chapter there shall appear the word "sex" there shall be inserted |
5 | immediately thereafter the language "housing status". |
6 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PROPERTY - RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES | |
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1 | This act clarifies that "housing status" is a protected class under the Rhode Island Fair |
2 | Housing Practices Act. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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