Text of AZ HB 2312 (2023)
Women's shelters; male employees; liability
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REFERENCE TITLE: women's shelters;
male employees; liability
State of
Arizona
House of
Representatives
Fifty-sixth
Legislature
First Regular
Session
2023
HB 2312
Introduced by
Representatives Jones: Diaz, Harris, McGarr, Senator Wadsack
An Act
amending
title 12, chapter 6, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-723;
relating to civil liability.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 12, chapter 6, article 12,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-723, to read:
START_STATUTE12-723. Civil liability; gender discrimination claims by male employees
in women's shelters prohibited; definition
A. A facility that does not allow a
biological male employee to be in the presence of a woman or the woman's minor
children who are living in the facility is not liable for gender discrimination
if the facility's sole purpose is to provide a safe and stable shelter to women
or women with minor children.
B. For the purposes of this section,
"facility" includes a women's shelter, a women's halfway house and a
sex trafficking rehabilitation center for women. END_STATUTE