HB0227 • 2007

Unfair employment practices.

AN ACT relating to fair employment practices; adding discrimination based on pregnancy to the list of prohibited employment practices; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Iekel
Last action: 2007-03-04
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2007

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2007-03-04 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 175
2007-03-04 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0098
2007-02-28 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0098
2007-02-27 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 98
2007-02-27 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0098
2007-02-27 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2007-02-26 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2007-02-23 Senate
S Passed CoW
2007-02-07 Senate
S Placed on General File
2007-02-07 Senate
S09 Recommended Do Pass
2007-02-01 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09
2007-02-01 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2007-02-01 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2007-01-31 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2007-01-30 House
H Passed CoW
2007-01-26 House
H Placed on General File
2007-01-26 House
H01 Recommended Do Pass
2007-01-18 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01
2007-01-17 House
H Received for Introduction
2007-01-16 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for HB0227

Bill No.:
HB0227
Drafter:

JWL

LSO No.:
07LSO-0239
Effective Date:

7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0098

Chapter No.:
<chptnum>

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Iekel

Catch Title:
Unfair
employment practices.

Subject:
Adds to
enumerated grounds of prohibited employment practices.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law prohibits
discriminatory and unfair employment practices, and enumerates the bases of
unlawful discrimination, including age, sex, race, creed, color, national
origin and ancestry;

This act adds pregnancy to
the above list of protected categories.

NOTE:
Final
action on this bill was not taken at the time this summary was prepared.
Should changes be made to the bill upon final passage an updated summary will
be transmitted to all legislators.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0227

ENROLLED ACT NO. 98, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to fair employment practices; adding discrimination based on pregnancy to the list of prohibited employment practices; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 27
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9
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105(a)(i) and (ii) is amended to read:

27
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9
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105.

Discriminatory and unfair employment practices enumerated; limitations.

(a)

It is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice:

(i)

For an employer to refuse to hire, to discharge, to promote or demote, or to discriminate in matters of compensation or the terms, conditions or privileges of employment against, a qualified disabled person or any person otherwise qualified, because of age, sex, race, creed, color, national origin
,

or
ancestry
or pregnancy
;

(ii)

For a person, an employment agency, a labor organization, or its employees or members, to discriminate in matters of employment or membership against any person, otherwise qualified, because of age, sex, race, creed, color, national origin
,

or
ancestry
or pregnancy
, or a qualified disabled person;

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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