SF0055 • 2017

Antidiscrimination-military spouses.

AN ACT relating to fair employment practices; defining discriminatory or unfair employment practices to include discrimination on the basis of a person's status as married to an active duty military service member; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Transportation
Last action: 2017-01-23
Official status: inactive
Effective date: Not listed

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Amendments

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SF0055S3001

3rd reading • Boner

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Boner

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SF0055SS001

Standing Committee • STransportation

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by STransportation

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Bill History

2017-01-23 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Failed 11-19-0-0-0
2017-01-20 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-19 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-01-18 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-01-18 Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2017-01-11 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
2017-01-09 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2016-12-28 LSO
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2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0191
Introduced
1.2

SENATE FILE

NO.

SF0055

Antidiscrimination-military spouses.

Sponsored by:
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to fair employment practices; defining discriminatory or unfair employment practices to include discrimination on the basis of a person's status as married to an active duty military service member; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
.

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

27
‑
9
‑
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, ancestry
,

or

pregnancy
or status as a military spouse
;

(ii)

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

or

pregnancy
,
or
a qualified disabled person
status as a military spouse
;

(d)

As used in this section
:

(i)

"Q
ualified disabled person" means a disabled person who is capable of performing a particular job, or who would be capable of performing a particular job with reasonable accommodation to his disability
;
.

(ii)

"
Military spouse
" means
an
individual married to an
active uniformed member of the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, United States public health service commissioned corps, national oceanic and atmospheric administration commissioned corps, national guard or any reserve or auxiliary component thereof.

Section 2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

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