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  6. SB265 Alabama 2021 Session

SB265 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Rodger Smitherman
  • William “Bill” M. Beasley
  • Linda Coleman-Madison
  • Vivian Davis Figures
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Discrimination, hair and ethicity, relating to discrimination, to prohibit discrimination in employment, public accomodations, housing, and to create cause of action against employer who discriminates
Description

Under existing state law, it is unlawful for any person to discriminate against an individual because of his or her race with respect to housing

Under existing state law, it is also unlawful for an employer to pay an employee at wage rates less than those paid to employees of another race for substantially similar work

This bill would make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based upon the individual's hairstyle

This bill would prohibit an employer from discriminating against an applicant or employee based upon the applicant or employee's race, ethnicity, or hairstyle and would create a cause of action against an employer who does so

This bill would also prohibit discrimination against a recipient of state or federal assistance based upon the recipient's hairstyle

Relating to discrimination; to prohibit discrimination in employment, public accommodations, or federal or state financial assistance based on an individual's hairstyle; and to create a cause of action against an employer for discrimination based on hairstyle.

Subjects
Discrimination

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
March 11, 2021 S Pending third reading on day 15 Favorable from Judiciary
March 11, 2021 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 24, 2021 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing March 10, 2021 Room 325/ADDED on a bill at 08:30 Senate JUDY Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB265 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB265 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - SB265 for Judiciary
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