A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965.(Formerly HSB 664 .)

House

File

2541

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2541

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

664)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

local

laws

implementing

the

Iowa

civil

1

rights

Act

of

1965.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

216.19,

subsection

1,

unnumbered

1

paragraph

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

All

cities

shall,

to

the

extent

possible,

protect

the

rights

3

of

the

citizens

of

this

state

secured

by

the

Iowa

civil

rights

4

Act.

A

city

or

local

government

shall

not

enact

any

ordinance

5

or

other

law

which

is

broader

or

has

different

categories

of

6

unfair

or

discriminatory

practices

than

those

provided

in

7

this

chapter.

Nothing

in

this

chapter

shall

be

construed

as

8

indicating

any

of

the

following:

9

Sec.

2.

Section

216.19,

subsection

1,

paragraph

c,

Code

10

2026,

is

amended

by

striking

the

paragraph.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

relates

to

local

laws

implementing

the

Iowa

civil

15

rights

Act

of

1965

(civil

rights

Act).

16

The

civil

rights

Act

prohibits

discrimination

in

employment,

17

wages,

public

accommodations,

housing,

education,

and

credit

18

practices

based

upon

certain

characteristics

of

a

person.

19

Current

law

requires

cities,

to

the

extent

possible,

to

protect

20

the

rights

of

the

citizens

of

this

state

under

the

civil

rights

21

Act,

and

provides

that

the

civil

rights

Act

shall

not

be

22

construed

as

limiting

a

city

or

local

government

from

enacting

23

any

ordinance

or

other

law

which

prohibits

broader

or

different

24

categories

of

unfair

or

discriminatory

practices.

The

bill

25

strikes

this

limitation

and

instead

prohibits

cities

and

local

26

governments

from

enacting

any

ordinance

or

other

law

which

is

27

broader

or

has

different

categories

of

unfair

or

discriminatory

28

practices

than

those

provided

in

the

civil

rights

Act.

29

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