Text of AZ SB 1416 (2008)
nondiscrimination; accommodation; employment; housing.
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REFERENCE TITLE: nondiscrimination; accommodation;
employment; housing
State of Arizona
Senate
Forty-eighth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2008
SB 1416
Introduced by
Senators
Rios, Aboud, Miranda: Arzberger, Garcia, Hale, Pesquiera, Soltero
AN ACT
amending sections
41-1441, 41-1442, 41-1461, 41-1463, 41-1464, 41-1491, 41‑1491.14,
41-1491.15, 41-1491.16, 41-1491.17, 41-1491.20 and 41-1491.21, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to unlawful DISCRIMINATION.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-1441, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1441. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Disability" means with respect to
an individual:
(a) A
physical or mental impairment.
(b) A
record of a physical or mental impairment.
(c) Being
regarded as having a physical or mental impairment.
The determination of
whether an individual has a physical or mental impairment shall be made without
considering the impact of any mitigating measures the individual may or may not
be using, including any medication, devices and personal or technological aids,
or whether or not any manifestations of an impairment are episodic, in
remission or latent. Actions taken by a covered entity with respect to an
individual because of that individual's use of a mitigating measure or because
of a side effect or other consequence of the use of such a measure shall be
considered actions taken on the basis of a disability.
2. "Gender identity or expression"
means a person’s gender-related self-identity, appearance, expression or
behavior, regardless of the person’s assigned sex at birth.
1. 3. "Person"
means an individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or
other organization, and includes the owner, lessee, operator, proprietor,
manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public
accommodation.
4. "Physical characteristic" means a
bodily condition or bodily characteristic of any person that is from birth,
accident or disease, or from any natural physical development or any other
event outside the control of that person, including individual physical mannerisms
including height and weight. Physical characteristics do not relate to those
situations where a bodily condition or characteristic will present a danger to
the health, welfare or safety of any individual.
2. 5. "Places of
public accommodation" means all public places of entertainment, amusement
or recreation, all public places where food or beverages are sold for
consumption on the premises, all public places which are conducted for the
lodging of transients or for the benefit, use or accommodation of those seeking
health or recreation and all establishments which cater or offer their
services, facilities or goods to or solicit patronage from the members of the
general public. Any dwelling as defined in section 41‑1491, or
any private club, or any place which is in its nature distinctly private is not
a place of public accommodation.
6. "Sexual orientation" means a
person’s real or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality.
Sec. 2. Section
41-1442, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1442. Discrimination in places of public
accommodation; exceptions
A. Discrimination in places of public accommodation
against any person because of race,
color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic is contrary to the
policy of this state and shall be deemed unlawful.
B. No person shall, directly or indirectly, refuse
to, withhold from or deny to any person, nor aid in or incite such refusal to
deny or withhold, accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof
because of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin or ancestry age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry,
disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual
orientation or physical characteristic, nor shall distinction be
made with respect to any person based on race,
color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic in connection with
the price or quality of any item, goods or services offered by or at any place
of public accommodation.
C. Any person who is under the influence of alcohol
or narcotics, who is guilty of boisterous conduct, who is of lewd or immoral
character, who is physically violent or who violates any regulation of any
place of public accommodation that applies to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or
ancestry age, race,
color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status,
sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical
characteristic may be excluded from any such place of public
accommodation and nothing in this article shall be considered to limit the
right of such exclusion. END_STATUTE
Sec. 3. Section 41-1461, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1461. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Covered entity" means an employer,
employment agency, labor organization or joint labor‑management
committee.
2. "Disability" means, with respect to an
individual, except any impairment caused by current use of illegal drugs, any
of the following:
(a) A physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the
individual.
(b) A record of such a physical or mental
impairment.
(c) Being regarded as having such a physical or
mental impairment.
3. "Employee":
(a) Means an individual employed by an employer.
(b) Does not include an elected public official of
this state or any political subdivision of this state, any person chosen by an
elected official to be on the elected official's personal staff, an appointee
on the policymaking level or an immediate adviser with respect to the exercise
of the constitutional or legal powers of the office, unless the person or
appointee is subject to the civil service laws of this state or any political
subdivision of this state.
4. "Employer":
(a) Means a person who has fifteen or more employees
for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or
preceding calendar year, and any agent of that person, except that to the
extent that any person is alleged to have committed any act of sexual
harassment, employer means, for purposes of administrative and civil actions
regarding those allegations of sexual harassment, a person who has one or more
employees in the current or preceding calendar year.
(b) Does not include either:
(i) The United States or any department or agency of
the United States, a corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States or an Indian tribe.
(ii) A bona fide private membership club, other than
a labor organization, that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the
internal revenue code of 1954.
5. "Employment agency" means any person
regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an
employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and
includes an agent of that person.
6. "Gender identity or expression" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1441.
6. 7. "Labor
organization":
(a) Means a labor organization and any agent of a labor
organization.
(b) Includes:
(i) Any organization of any kind, any agency or
employee representation committee, group, association or plan in which fifteen
or more employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in
part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages,
rates of pay, hours or other terms or conditions of employment.
(ii) Any conference, general committee, joint or
system board or joint council that is subordinate to a national or
international labor organization.
7. 8. "Person"
means one or more individuals, governmental agencies, political subdivisions,
labor unions, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives,
mutual companies, joint‑stock companies, trusts, unincorporated
organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy or receivers.
9. "Physical characteristic" has the
same meaning prescribed in section 41-1441.
8. 10. "Qualified
individual with a disability" means a person with a disability who, with
or without reasonable accommodation, is capable of performing the essential
functions of the employment position that the individual holds or desires.
9. 11. "Reasonable
accommodation" includes:
(a) Making existing facilities used by employees
readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.
(b) Job restructuring, part‑time or modified
work schedules, reassignment to a vacant position, acquisition or modification
of equipment or devices, appropriate adjustment or modification of
examinations, training materials or policies, the provision of qualified
readers or interpreters and other similar accommodations for individuals with
disabilities.
10. 12. "Religion"
means all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief.
Unlawful practices as prohibited by this article include practices with respect
to religion unless an employer demonstrates that the employer is unable to
reasonably accommodate to an employee's or prospective employee's religious
observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's
business.
13. "Sexual
orientation" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41‑1441.
11. 14. "Undue
hardship":
(a) Means an action requiring significant difficulty
or expense when considered in light of the factors set forth in subdivision (b)
of this paragraph.
(b) When determining whether an accommodation would
impose an undue hardship on a covered entity, factors to be considered include:
(i) The nature and cost of the accommodations needed
under this article.
(ii) The overall financial resources of the facility
or facilities involved in the provision of the reasonable accommodation, the
number of persons employed at the facility, the effect on expenses and
resources of the facility and any other impact of the accommodation on the
operation of the facility.
(iii) The overall financial resources of the covered
entity, the overall size of the business of the covered entity with respect to
the number of its employees and the number, type and location of its facilities.
(iv) The type of operation or operations of the
covered entity, including the composition, structure and functions of the
workforce of the covered entity.
(v) The geographic separateness and the
administrative or fiscal relationship of the facility to the covered entity. END_STATUTE
Sec. 4. Section 41-1463, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1463. Discrimination; unlawful practices;
definition
A. Nothing contained in this article shall be
interpreted to require that the less qualified be preferred over the better
qualified simply because of race, color,
religion, sex, age, disability or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
B. It is an unlawful employment practice for an
employer:
1. To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual
or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to the
individual's compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment
because of the individual's race, color,
religion, sex, age, disability or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
2. To limit, segregate or classify employees or
applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any
individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the
individual's status as an employee, because of the individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national
origin age, race, color,
creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex,
gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
3. To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or to
otherwise discriminate against any individual based on the results of a genetic
test received by the employer, notwithstanding subsection I, paragraph 2 of
this section.
C. It is an unlawful employment practice for an
employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment or otherwise to
discriminate against any individual because of the individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national
origin age, race, color,
creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex,
gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic
or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of the
individual's race, color, religion, sex,
age, disability or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
D. It is an unlawful
employment practice for a labor organization:
1. To exclude or to
expel from its membership or otherwise to discriminate against any individual
because of the individual's race, color,
religion, sex, age, disability or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
2. To limit, segregate or classify its membership or
applicants for membership or to classify or fail or refuse to refer for
employment any individual in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive the
individual of employment opportunities or would limit those employment
opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the individual's status as an
employee or as an applicant for employment because of the individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or
national origin age,
race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital
status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical
characteristic.
3. To cause or attempt to cause an employer to
discriminate against an individual in violation of this section.
E. It is an unlawful employment practice for any
employer, labor organization or joint labor‑management committee
controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs, including
on‑the‑job training programs, to discriminate against any
individual because of the individual's race,
color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national
origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic in
admission to or employment in any program established to provide apprenticeship
or other training and, if the individual is an otherwise qualified individual
with a disability, to fail or refuse to reasonably accommodate the individual's
disability.
F. With respect to an individual with a disability,
it is an unlawful employment practice for a covered entity to:
1. Participate in any contractual or other
arrangement or relationship that has the effect of subjecting a qualified
individual with a disability who applies with or who is employed by the covered
entity to unlawful employment discrimination.
2. Use standards, criteria or methods of
administration that have the effect of discriminating on the basis of disability
or that perpetuate the discrimination of others who are subject to common
administrative control.
3. Exclude or otherwise deny equal jobs or benefits
to a qualified individual because of the known disability of an individual with
whom the qualified individual is known to have a relationship or association.
4. Not make reasonable accommodations to the known
physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a
disability who is an applicant or employee unless the covered entity can demonstrate
that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the
business of the covered entity.
5. Deny employment opportunities to a job applicant
or employee who is an otherwise qualified individual with a disability if the
denial is based on the need of the covered entity to make reasonable
accommodation to the physical or mental impairment of the applicant or
employee.
6. Use qualification standards, employment tests or
other selection criteria that screen out or tend to screen out an individual
with a disability or a class of individuals with disabilities, unless the
standard, test or other selection criteria, as used by the covered entity, is
shown to be job related for the position in question and is consistent with
business necessity.
7. Fail to select and administer tests relating to
employment in the most effective manner to ensure that, when the test is
administered to a job applicant or employee who has a disability that impairs
sensory, manual or speaking skills, the test results accurately reflect the
skills, or aptitude or whatever other
factor of the applicant or employee that the test purports to measure, rather
than reflecting the impaired sensory, manual or speaking skills of the
applicant or employee, except if the skills are the factors that the test
purports to measure.
G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
article, it is not an unlawful employment practice:
1. For an employer to hire and employ employees, for
an employment agency to classify or refer for employment any individual, for a
labor organization to classify its membership or classify or refer for
employment any individual, or for an employer, labor organization or joint
labor‑management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training
or retraining programs to admit or employ any individual in any such program,
on the basis of the individual's religion, sex or national origin in those
certain instances when religion, sex or national origin is a bona fide
occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that
particular business or enterprise.
2. For any school, college, university or other
educational institution or institution of learning to hire and employ employees
of a particular religion if the school, college, university or other
educational institution or institution of learning is in whole or in
substantial part owned, supported, controlled or managed by a particular
religion or religious corporation, association or society, or if the curriculum
of the school, college, university or other educational institution or
institution of learning is directed toward the propagation of a particular
religion.
3. For an employer to fail or refuse to hire or
employ any individual for any position, for an employment agency to fail or
refuse to refer any individual for employment in any position or for a labor
organization to fail or refuse to refer any individual for employment in any
position, if both of the following apply:
(a) The occupancy of the position or access to the
premises in or upon which any part of the duties of the position are performed
or are to be performed is subject to any requirement imposed in the interest of
the national security of the United States under any security program in effect
pursuant to or administered under any statute of the United States or any
executive order of the President of the United States.
(b) The individual has not fulfilled or has ceased
to fulfill that requirement.
4. With respect to age, for an employer, employment
agency or labor organization:
(a) To take any action otherwise prohibited under
subsection B, C or D of this section if age is a bona fide occupational
qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular
business or if the differentiation is based on reasonable factors other than
age.
(b) To observe the terms of a bona fide seniority
system or any bona fide employee benefit plan such as a retirement, pension,
deferred compensation or insurance plan, which is not a subterfuge to evade the
purposes of the age discrimination provisions of this article, except that no
employee benefit plan may excuse the failure to hire any individual and no
seniority system or employee benefit plan may require or permit the involuntary
retirement of any individual specified by section 41‑1465 because of the
individual's age.
(c) To discharge or otherwise discipline an
individual for good cause.
H. As used in this article, unlawful employment
practice does not include any action or measure taken by an employer, labor
organization, joint labor‑management committee or employment agency with
respect to an individual who is a member of the communist party of the United
States or of any other organization required to register as a communist‑action
or communist‑front organization by final order of the subversive
activities control board pursuant to the subversive activities control act of
1950.
I. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
article, it is not an unlawful employment practice:
1. For an employer to apply different standards of
compensation or different terms, conditions or privileges of employment
pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system or a system which measures
earnings by quantity or quality of production or to employees who work in
different locations, provided that these differences are not the result of an
intention to discriminate because of race,
color, religion, sex or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
2. For an employer to give and act upon the results
of any professionally developed ability test provided that the test, its
administration or action upon the results is not designed, intended or used to
discriminate because of race, color,
religion, sex or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
3. For any employer to differentiate upon the basis
of sex or disability in determining the amount of the wages or compensation
paid or to be paid to employees of the employer if the differentiation is
authorized by the provisions of section 6(d) or section 14 of the fair labor
standards act of 1938, as amended (29 United States Code section 206(d)).
J. Nothing contained in this chapter applies to any
business or enterprise on or near an Indian reservation with respect to any
publicly announced employment practice of the business or enterprise under
which a preferential treatment is given to any individual because the
individual is an Indian living on or near a reservation.
K. Nothing contained in this article or article 6 of
this chapter requires any employer, employment agency, labor organization or
joint labor‑management committee subject to this article to grant
preferential treatment to any individual or group because of the race, color, religion, sex or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national
origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic of the
individual or group on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to
the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, sex or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national
origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic employed
by any employer, referred or classified for employment by any employment agency
or labor organization, admitted to membership or classified by any labor
organization or admitted to or employed in any apprenticeship or other training
program, in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of that race, color, religion, sex or national origin
age, race, color, creed, religion,
national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic in any
community, state, section or other area, or in the available work force in any
community, state, section or other area.
L. Nothing in the age discrimination prohibitions of
this article may be construed to prohibit compulsory retirement of any employee
who has attained sixty‑five years of age and who, for the two year period
immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive or high
policymaking position, if the employee is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable
annual retirement benefit from a pension, profit sharing, savings or deferred
compensation plan or any combination of plans of the employer for the employee,
which equals, in the aggregate, at least forty‑four thousand dollars. In
applying the retirement benefit test of this subsection, if any retirement
benefit is in a form other than a straight life annuity, with no ancillary
benefits, or if employees contribute to the plan or make rollover
contributions, the benefit shall be adjusted in accordance with rules adopted
by the division so the benefit is the equivalent of a straight life annuity,
with no ancillary benefits, under a plan to which employees do not contribute
and under which no rollover contributions are made.
M. A covered entity may require that an individual
with a disability shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of
other individuals in the workplace. For the purposes of this subsection,
"direct threat" means a significant risk to the health or safety of
others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.
N. For the purposes of this section and section 41‑1481,
with respect to employers or employment practices involving a disability,
"individual" means a qualified individual with a disability. END_STATUTE
Sec. 5. Section
41-1464, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1464. Other unlawful employment practices;
opposition to unlawful practices; filing of charges; participation in
proceedings; notices and advertisements for employment
A. It is an unlawful employment practice for an
employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for
employment, for an employment agency or joint labor‑management committee
controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs, including
on‑the‑job training programs, to discriminate against any
individual or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member or
applicant for membership because the member or applicant has opposed any
practice which is an unlawful employment practice under this article or has
made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an
investigation, proceeding or hearing under article 6 of this chapter.
B. It is an unlawful
employment practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency or
joint labor‑management committee controlling apprenticeship or other
training or retraining programs, including on‑the‑job training
programs, to print or publish or cause to be printed or published any notice or
advertisement relating to employment by such an employer or membership in or
any classification or referral for employment by such a labor organization or
relating to any classification or referral for employment by such an employment
agency or relating to admission or to employment in any program established to
provide apprenticeship or other training by such a joint labor‑management
committee indicating any preference, limitation, specification or
discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation or physical characteristic, except that such a
notice or advertisement may indicate a preference, limitation, specification or
discrimination based on religion, sex or national origin when religion, sex or
national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment.
C. It is unlawful for an employer, labor
organization or employment agency to print or publish or cause to be printed or
published any notice or advertisement relating to employment by an employer or
membership in or any classification or referral for employment by a labor
organization or relating to any
classification or referral for employment by a labor organization
or relating to any classification or referral for employment by an employment
agency, indicating any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination
based on age, except such a notice or advertisement may indicate a preference,
limitation, specification or discrimination based on age when age is a bona
fide occupational qualification for employment. END_STATUTE
Sec. 6. Section
41-1491, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Aggrieved person" includes any person
who either:
(a) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory
housing practice.
(b) Believes that he will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur.
2. "Complainant" means a person, including
the attorney general, who files a complaint under section 41‑1491.22.
3. "Conciliation"
means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the
investigation of the complaint through informal negotiations involving the
aggrieved person, the respondent and the attorney general.
4. "Conciliation agreement" means a
written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.
5. "Disability" means a mental or physical
impairment that substantially limits at least one major life activity, a record
of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
Disability does not include current illegal use of or addiction to any drug or
illegal or federally controlled substance. Disability shall be defined as the
term is defined by the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101‑336).
6. "Discriminatory housing practice" means
an act prohibited by sections 41‑1491.14 through 41‑1491.21.
7. "Dwelling" means either:
(a) Any building, structure or part of a building or
structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a
residence by one or more families.
(b) Any vacant land that is offered for sale or
lease for the construction or location of a building, structure or part of a
building or structure described by subdivision (a) of this paragraph.
8. "Family" includes a single individual.
9. "Gender identity or expression" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1441.
9. 10. "Person"
means one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor
organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies,
trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, receivers, fiduciaries, banks,
credit unions and financial institutions.
11. "Physical
characteristic" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1441.
10. 12. "Respondent"
means either:
(a) The person accused of a violation of this
article in a complaint of a discriminatory housing practice.
(b) Any person identified as an additional or
substitute respondent under section 41‑1491.25 or an agent of an
additional or substitute respondent.
13. "Sexual
orientation" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41‑1441.
11. 14. "To
rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let or to otherwise grant for a
consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant. END_STATUTE
Sec. 7. Section 41-1491.14, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491.14. Discrimination in sale or rental
A. A person may not refuse to sell or rent after a
bona fide offer has been made or refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of
or otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status or
national origin age,
race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, familial
status, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation
or physical characteristic.
B. A person may not discriminate against any person
in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in
providing services or facilities in connection with the sale or rental, because
of race, color, religion, sex, familial
status or national origin
age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability,
familial status, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual
orientation or physical characteristic.
C. This section does not prohibit discrimination
against a person because the person has been convicted under federal law or the
law of any state of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled
substance. END_STATUTE
Sec. 8. Section 41-1491.15, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491.15. Publication of sales or rentals
A person may not make, print or
publish or cause to be made, printed or published any notice, statement or
advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates
any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or
national origin age,
race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, familial
status, marital status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation
or physical characteristic or an intention to make such a
preference, limitation or discrimination. END_STATUTE
Sec. 9. Section 41-1491.16, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491.16. Inspection of dwelling
A person may not represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability,
familial status or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, familial status, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic that a
dwelling is not available for inspection for sale or rental if the dwelling is
available for inspection. END_STATUTE
Sec. 10. Section 41-1491.17, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491.17. Entry into neighborhood
A person, for profit, may not induce or attempt to induce a
person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry or
prospective entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color, religion, sex, disability,
familial status or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, familial status, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic. END_STATUTE
Sec. 11. Section 41-1491.20, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491.20. Residential real estate related
transaction; definition
A. A person whose
business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions may
not discriminate against a person in making a real estate related transaction
available or in the terms or conditions of a real estate related transaction
because of race, color, religion, sex,
disability, familial status or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, disability, familial status, marital status, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
B. In this section, "residential real estate
related transaction" means:
1. Making or purchasing loans or providing other
financial assistance either:
(a) To purchase, construct, improve, repair or
maintain a dwelling.
(b) To secure residential real estate.
2. Selling, brokering or appraising residential real
property. END_STATUTE
Sec. 12. Section 41-1491.21, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1491.21. Brokerage services
A person may not deny any person access to, or membership or
participation in, a multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization
or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling
or renting dwellings or may not discriminate against a person in the terms or
conditions of access, membership or participation in such an organization,
service or facility because of race,
color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin age, race, color, creed, religion, national
origin, ancestry, disability, familial status, marital status, sex, gender
identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical characteristic.
END_STATUTE