Text of MO HB 984 (2021)

FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 984 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ALDRIDGE. 1971H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 213.010, 213.030, 213.040, 213.045, 213.050, 213.055, 213.065, 213.070, and 213.101, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof nine new sections relating to unlawful discriminatory practices. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows: Section A. Sections 213.010, 213.030, 213.040, 213.045, 213.050, 213.055, 213.065, 2 213.070, and 213.101, RSMo, are repealed and nine new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 3 known as sections 213.010, 213.030, 213.040, 213.045, 213.050, 213.055, 213.065, 213.070, 4 and 213.101, to read as follows: 213.010. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean: 2 (1) "Age", an age of forty or more years but less than seventy years, except that it shall 3 not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require the compulsory retirement 4 of any person who has attained the age of sixty-five and who, for the two-year period 5 immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive or high policy-making 6 position, if such person is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable annual retirement benefit from 7 a pension, profit sharing, savings or deferred compensation plan, or any combination of such 8 plans, of the employer, which equals, in the aggregate, at least forty-four thousand dollars; 9 (2) "Because" or "because of", as it relates to the adverse decision or action, the protected 10 criterion was the motivating factor; 11 (3) "Commission", the Missouri commission on human rights; 12 (4) "Complainant", a person who has filed a complaint with the commission alleging that 13 another person has engaged in a prohibited discriminatory practice; EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 984 2 14 (5) "Disability", a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more 15 of a person's major life activities, being regarded as having such an impairment, or a record of 16 having such an impairment, which with or without reasonable accommodation does not interfere 17 with performing the job, utilizing the place of public accommodation, or occupying the dwelling 18 in question. For purposes of this chapter, the term "disability" does not include current, illegal 19 use of or addiction to a controlled substance as such term is defined by section 195.010; 20 however, a person may be considered to have a disability if that person: 21 (a) Has successfully completed a supervised drug rehabilitation program and is no longer 22 engaging in the illegal use of, and is not currently addicted to, a controlled substance or has 23 otherwise been rehabilitated successfully and is no longer engaging in such use and is not 24 currently addicted; 25 (b) Is participating in a supervised rehabilitation program and is no longer engaging in 26 illegal use of controlled substances; or 27 (c) Is erroneously regarded as currently illegally using, or being addicted to, a controlled 28 substance; 29 (6) "Discrimination", conduct proscribed herein, taken because of race, color, religion, 30 national origin, ancestry, sex, [or] sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, 31 age as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates to housing. 32 "Discrimination" includes any unfair treatment based on a person’s presumed or assumed 33 race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, 34 pregnancy status, age as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates 35 to housing, regardless of whether the presumption or assumption as to such characteristic 36 is correct; 37 (7) "Dwelling", any building, structure or portion thereof which is occupied as, or 38 designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land 39 which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, 40 structure or portion thereof; 41 (8) "Employer", a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has six or 42 more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current 43 or preceding calendar year, and shall include the state, or any political or civil subdivision 44 thereof, or any person employing six or more persons within the state but does not include 45 corporations and associations owned or operated by religious or sectarian organizations. 46 "Employer" shall not include: 47 (a) The United States; 48 (b) A corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States; 49 (c) An individual employed by an employer; HB 984 3 50 (d) An Indian tribe; 51 (e) Any department or agency of the District of Columbia subject by statute to 52 procedures of the competitive service, as defined in 5 U.S.C. Section [2101] 2102; or 53 (f) A bona fide private membership club, other than a labor organization, that is exempt 54 from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Section 501(c); 55 (9) "Employment agency" includes any person or agency, public or private, regularly 56 undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure 57 for employees opportunities to work for an employer; 58 (10) "Executive director", the executive director of the Missouri commission on human 59 rights; 60 (11) "Familial status", one or more individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen 61 years being domiciled with: 62 (a) A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual; or 63 (b) The designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written 64 permission of such parent or other person. The protections afforded against discrimination 65 because of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of 66 securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years; 67 (12) "Gender expression", the gender-related expression, appearance, mannerisms, 68 or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or without regard to the 69 individual's assigned sex at birth; 70 (13) "Human rights fund", a fund established to receive civil penalties as required by 71 federal regulations and as set forth by subdivision (2) of subsection 11 of section 213.075, and 72 which will be disbursed to offset additional expenses related to compliance with the Department 73 of Housing and Urban Development regulations; 74 [(13)] (14) "Labor organization" includes any organization which exists for the purpose, 75 in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, 76 terms or conditions of employment, or for other mutual aid or protection in relation to 77 employment; 78 [(14)] (15) "Local commissions", any commission or agency established prior to August 79 13, 1986, by an ordinance or order adopted by the governing body of any city, constitutional 80 charter city, town, village, or county; 81 (16) "Motivating factor", any factor that actually played a role in the adverse 82 action or decision and had a determinative influence on the adverse action or decision; 83 [(15)] (17) "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, 84 associations, organizations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint HB 984 4 85 stock companies, trusts, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, fiduciaries, or other organized 86 groups of persons; 87 [(16)] (18) "Places of public accommodation", all places or businesses offering or 88 holding out to the general public, goods, services, privileges, facilities, advantages or 89 accommodations for the peace, comfort, health, welfare and safety of the general public or such 90 public places providing food, shelter, recreation and amusement, including, but not limited to: 91 (a) Any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient 92 guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five 93 rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as 94 [his] the proprietor's residence; 95 (b) Any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility 96 principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited 97 to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment; 98 (c) Any gasoline station, including all facilities located on the premises of such gasoline 99 station and made available to the patrons thereof; 100 (d) Any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, or other place 101 of exhibition or entertainment; 102 (e) Any public facility owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or any 103 agency or subdivision thereof, or any public corporation; and any such facility supported in 104 whole or in part by public funds; 105 (f) Any establishment which is physically located within the premises of any 106 establishment otherwise covered by this section or within the premises of which is physically 107 located any such covered establishment, and which holds itself out as serving patrons of such 108 covered establishment; 109 [(17)] (19) "Pregnancy status", the status of a person as having or not having a 110 pregnancy in the past, present, or future, and any assumptions or perceptions related to 111 such a person's status or any change in such a person's status; 112 (20) "Protective hairstyle" includes, but is not limited to, such hairstyles as braids, 113 locks, and twists; 114 (21) "Race" includes, but is not limited to, traits historically associated with race 115 including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles. "Race" includes a 116 perception that a person is associated with another person who has, or is perceived to have, 117 any qualities relating to race; 118 (22) "Rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let and otherwise to grant for consideration 119 the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant; HB 984 5 120 [(18)] (23) "Respondent", a person who is alleged to have engaged in a prohibited 121 discriminatory practice in a complaint filed with the commission; 122 [(19) "The motivating factor", the employee's protected classification actually played a 123 role in the adverse action or decision and had a determinative influence on the adverse decision 124 or action;] 125 (24) "Sexual orientation", one's actual or perceived emotional or physical 126 attraction to, or romantic or physical relationships with, members of the same gender, 127 members of a different gender, or members of any gender; or the actual or perceived lack 128 of any emotional or physical attraction to, or romantic or physical relationships with, 129 anyone. The term "sexual orientation" includes a history of such attraction or 130 relationships or a history of no such attraction or relationships; 131 [(20)] (25) "Unlawful discriminatory practice", any act that is unlawful under this 132 chapter. 213.030. 1. The powers and duties of the commission shall be: 2 (1) To seek to eliminate and prevent discrimination because of race, color, religion, 3 national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, age 4 as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates to housing and to take other 5 actions against discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, 6 sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, age, disability, or familial status as 7 provided by law; and the commission is hereby given general jurisdiction and power for such 8 purposes; 9 (2) To implement the purposes of this chapter first by conference, conciliation and 10 persuasion so that persons may be guaranteed their civil rights and goodwill be fostered; 11 (3) To formulate policies to implement the purposes of this chapter and to make 12 recommendations to agencies and officers of the state and political subdivisions in aid of such 13 policies and purposes; 14 (4) To appoint such employees as it may deem necessary, fix their compensation within 15 the appropriations provided and in accordance with the wage structure established for other state 16 agencies, and prescribe their duties; 17 (5) To obtain upon request and utilize the services of all governmental departments and 18 agencies to be paid from appropriations to this commission; 19 (6) To adopt, promulgate, amend, and rescind suitable rules and regulations to carry out 20 the provisions of this chapter and the policies and practices of the commission in connection 21 therewith; 22 (7) To receive, investigate, initiate, and pass upon complaints alleging discrimination 23 in employment, housing or in places of public accommodations because of race, color, religion, HB 984 6 24 national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, age 25 as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates to housing and to require the 26 production for examination of any books, papers, records, or other materials relating to any 27 matter under investigation; 28 (8) To hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, administer oaths, to 29 take the testimony of any person under oath, and, in connection therewith, to require the 30 production for examination of any books, papers or other materials relating to any matter under 31 investigation or in question before the commission; 32 (9) To issue publications and the results of studies and research which will tend to 33 promote goodwill and minimize or eliminate discrimination in housing, employment or in places 34 of public accommodation because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual 35 orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, age as it relates to employment, disability, 36 or familial status as it relates to housing; 37 (10) To provide each year to the governor and to the general assembly a full written 38 report of all its activities and of its recommendations; 39 (11) To adopt an official seal; 40 (12) To cooperate, act jointly, enter into cooperative or work-sharing agreements with 41 the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department 42 of Housing and Urban Development, and other federal agencies and local commissions or 43 agencies to achieve the purposes of this chapter; 44 (13) To accept grants, private gifts, bequests, and establish funds to dispose of such 45 moneys so long as the conditions of the grant, gift, or bequest are not inconsistent with the 46 purposes of this chapter and are used to achieve the purposes of this chapter; 47 (14) To establish a human rights fund as defined in section 213.010, for the purposes of 48 administering sections 213.040, 213.045, 213.050, 213.070, 213.075, and 213.076. 49 2. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall 50 become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. 213.040. 1. It shall be an unlawful housing practice: 2 (1) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate 3 for the sale or rental of, to deny or otherwise make unavailable, a dwelling to any person because 4 of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, 5 pregnancy status, disability, or familial status; 6 (2) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or 7 rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because 8 of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, 9 pregnancy status, disability, or familial status; HB 984 7 10 (3) To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, 11 statement or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any 12 preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, 13 sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, disability, or familial status, or 14 an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination; 15 (4) To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, 16 sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, disability, or familial status that 17 any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when such dwelling is in fact so 18 available; 19 (5) To induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by 20 representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or 21 persons because of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual 22 orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, disability, or familial status; 23 (6) To discriminate in the sale or rental of, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a 24 dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability of: 25 (a) That buyer or renter; 26 (b) A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold, rented, 27 or made available; or 28 (c) Any person associated with that buyer or renter; 29 (7) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or 30 rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling, 31 because of a disability of: 32 (a) That person; 33 (b) A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold, rented, 34 or made available; or 35 (c) Any person associated with that person. 36 2. For purposes of this section and sections 213.045 and 213.050, discrimination 37 includes: 38 (1) A refusal to permit, at the expense of the person with the disability, reasonable 39 modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such 40 modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises, except that, 41 in the case of a rental, the landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for 42 a modification on the renter's agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that 43 existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted; HB 984 8 44 (2) A refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or 45 services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity 46 to use and enjoy a dwelling; or 47 (3) In connection with the design and construction of covered multifamily dwellings for 48 first occupancy after March 13, 1991, a failure to design and construct those dwellings in such 49 a manner that: 50 (a) The public use and common use portions of such dwellings are readily accessible to 51 and usable by persons with a disability; 52 (b) All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises within such 53 dwellings are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons with a disability in wheelchairs; and 54 (c) All premises within such dwellings contain the following features of adaptive design: 55 a. An accessible route into and through the dwelling; 56 b. Light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental controls in 57 accessible locations; 58 c. Reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars; and 59 d. Usable kitchens and bathrooms such that an individual in a wheelchair can maneuver 60 about the space. 61 3. As used in subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section, the term "covered 62 multifamily dwelling" means: 63 (1) Buildings consisting of four or more units if such buildings have one or more 64 elevators; and 65 (2) Ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four or more units. 66 4. Compliance with the appropriate requirements of the American National Standard for 67 Buildings and Facilities providing accessibility and usability for people with physical disabilities, 68 commonly cited as "ANSI A117.1", suffices to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a) of 69 subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section. 70 5. Where a unit of general local government has incorporated into its laws the 71 requirements set forth in subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section, compliance with such 72 laws shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of that subdivision. Such compliance shall be 73 subject to the following provisions: 74 (1) A unit of general local government may review and approve newly constructed 75 covered multifamily dwellings for the purpose of making determinations as to whether the design 76 and construction requirements of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section are met; 77 (2) The commission shall encourage, but may not require, the units of local government 78 to include in their existing procedures for the review and approval of newly constructed covered 79 multifamily dwellings, determinations as to whether the design and construction of such HB 984 9 80 dwellings are consistent with subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section, and shall provide 81 technical assistance to units of local government and other persons to implement the 82 requirements of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section; 83 (3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the commission to review or 84 approve the plans, designs or construction of all covered dwellings, to determine whether the 85 design and construction of such dwellings are consistent with the requirements of subdivision 86 (3) of subsection 2 of this section. 87 6. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law of the state 88 or political subdivision of the state, or other jurisdiction in which this chapter shall be effective, 89 that requires dwellings to be designed and constructed in a manner that affords persons with 90 disabilities greater access than is required by this chapter. 91 7. Nothing in this section and sections 213.045 and 213.050 requires that a dwelling be 92 made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or 93 safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the 94 property of others. 95 8. Nothing in this section and sections 213.045 and 213.050 limits the applicability of 96 any reasonable local or state restriction regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted 97 to occupy a dwelling, nor does any provision in this section and sections 213.045 and 213.050 98 regarding familial status apply with respect to housing for older persons. 99 9. As used in this section and sections 213.045 and 213.050, "housing for older persons" 100 means housing: 101 (1) Provided under any state or federal program that the commission determines is 102 specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons, as defined in the state or federal 103 program; 104 (2) Intended for, and solely occupied by, persons sixty-two years of age or older; or 105 (3) Intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age or 106 older per unit. In determining whether housing qualifies as housing for older persons under this 107 subsection, the commission shall develop regulations which require at least the following factors: 108 (a) The existence of significant facilities and services specifically designed to meet the 109 physical or social needs of older persons, or if the provision of such facilities and services is not 110 practicable, that such housing is necessary to provide important housing opportunities for older 111 persons; and 112 (b) That at least eighty percent of the units are occupied by at least one person fifty-five 113 years of age or older per unit; and 114 (c) The publication of, and adherence to, policies and procedures which demonstrate an 115 intent by the owner or manager to provide housing for persons fifty-five years of age or older. HB 984 10 116 10. Housing shall not fail to meet the requirements for housing for older persons by 117 reason of: 118 (1) Persons residing in such housing as of August 28, 1992, who do not meet the age 119 requirements of subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 9 of this section, provided that new 120 occupants of such housing meet the age requirements of subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 9 121 of this section; or 122 (2) Unoccupied units, provided that such units are reserved for occupancy by persons 123 who meet the age requirements of subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 9 of this section. 124 11. Nothing in this section or section 213.045 or 213.050 shall prohibit conduct against 125 a person because such person has been convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of the 126 illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance, as defined by section 195.010. 127 12. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society, 128 or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in 129 conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental 130 or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to 131 persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in 132 such religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin. Nor shall anything in this 133 chapter prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary 134 purpose or purposes provides lodging which it owns or operates for other than a commercial 135 purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodging to its members or from giving 136 preference to its members. 137 13. Nothing in this chapter, other than the prohibitions against discriminatory advertising 138 in subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section, shall apply to: 139 (1) The sale or rental of any single family house by a private individual owner, provided 140 the following conditions are met: 141 (a) The private individual owner does not own or have any interest in more than three 142 single family houses at any one time; and 143 (b) The house is sold or rented without the use of a real estate broker, agent or 144 salesperson or the facilities of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings and 145 without publication, posting or mailing of any advertisement. If the owner selling the house does 146 not reside in it at the time of the sale or was not the most recent resident of the house prior to 147 such sale, the exemption in this section applies to only one such sale in any twenty-four-month 148 period; or 149 (2) Rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be 150 occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually 151 maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his or her residence. HB 984 11 213.045. It shall be unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance 2 company, or other corporation, association, firm, or enterprise whose business consists in whole 3 or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial 4 assistance because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, 5 gender expression, pregnancy status, disability, or familial status to a person applying therefor 6 for the purpose of purchasing, [construction] constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining 7 a dwelling, or to discriminate against [him] such person in fixing of the amount, interest rate, 8 duration, or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance, because of the 9 race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, 10 pregnancy status, disability, or familial status of such person or of any person associated with 11 [him] such person in connection with such loan or other financial assistance, or of the present 12 or prospective owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants, of the dwellings in relation to which such 13 loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given. 213.050. It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation 2 in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service organization, or 3 facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, because of race, color, religion, 4 national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, 5 disability, or familial status. 213.055. 1. It shall be an unlawful employment practice: 2 (1) For an employer, because of the race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual 3 orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability of any individual: 4 (a) To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate 5 against any individual with respect to [his] such individual's compensation, terms, conditions, 6 or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, 7 sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability; 8 (b) To limit, segregate, or classify [his] such employer's employees or [his] such 9 employer's employment applicants in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any 10 individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect [his] such individual's 11 status as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, 12 sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability; 13 (2) For a labor organization to exclude or to expel from its membership any individual 14 or to discriminate in any way against any of its members or against any employer or any 15 individual employed by an employer because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual 16 orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability of any individual; 17 or to limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to refer for 18 employment any individual, in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual HB 984 12 19 of employment opportunities, or would limit such employment opportunities or otherwise 20 adversely affect [his] such individual's status as an employee or as an applicant for employment, 21 because of such individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, 22 gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability; or for any employer, labor 23 organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training 24 or retraining, including on-the-job training programs to discriminate against any individual 25 because of [his] such individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, 26 gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability in admission to, or 27 employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training; 28 (3) For any employer or employment agency to print or circulate or cause to be printed 29 or circulated any statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of application for 30 employment or to make any inquiry in connection with prospective employment, which 31 expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination, because of race, 32 color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, 33 ancestry, age, or disability unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or for an 34 employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate 35 against, any individual because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual 36 orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age as it relates to employment, 37 or disability, or to classify or refer for employment any individual because of his or her race, 38 color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, 39 ancestry, age, or disability. 40 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it shall not be an unlawful 41 employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation, or different 42 terms, conditions or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, 43 or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production or to employees who 44 work in different locations, provided that such differences or such systems are not the result of 45 an intention or a design to discriminate, and are not used to discriminate, because of race, color, 46 religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, national origin, 47 ancestry, age, or disability, nor shall it be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to 48 give and to act upon the results of any professionally developed ability test, provided that such 49 test, its administration, or action upon the results thereof, is not designed, intended or used to 50 discriminate because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender 51 expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or disability. 52 3. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be interpreted to require any employer, 53 employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee subject to this 54 chapter to grant preferential treatment to any individual or to any group because of the race, HB 984 13 55 color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, 56 ancestry, age, or disability of such individual or group on account of an imbalance which may 57 exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, 58 national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, 59 or disability employed by any employer, referred or classified for employment by any 60 employment agency or labor organization, admitted to membership or classified by any labor 61 organization, or admitted to or employed in any apprenticeship or other training program, in 62 comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of such race, color, religion, national 63 origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, or 64 disability in any community, state, section, or other area, or in the available workforce in any 65 community, state, section, or other area. 66 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it shall not be an unlawful 67 employment practice for the state or any political subdivision of the state to comply with the 68 provisions of 29 U.S.C. Section 623 relating to employment as firefighters or law enforcement 69 officers. 213.065. 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of the state of Missouri are free and equal 2 and shall be entitled to the full and equal use and enjoyment within this state of any place of 3 public accommodation, as hereinafter defined, without discrimination or segregation because of 4 race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy 5 status, ancestry, or disability. 6 2. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, directly or indirectly, to 7 refuse, withhold from or deny any other person, or to attempt to refuse, withhold from or deny 8 any other person, any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges made 9 available in any place of public accommodation, as defined in section 213.010 and this section, 10 or to segregate or discriminate against any such person in the use thereof because of race, color, 11 religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, 12 ancestry, or disability. 13 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a private club, a place of 14 accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association or society, 15 or other establishment which is not in fact open to the public, unless the facilities of such 16 establishments are made available to the customers or patrons of a place of public 17 accommodation as defined in section 213.010 and this section. 213.070. 1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, employment 2 agency, labor organization, or place of public accommodation: 3 (1) To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the commission of acts prohibited under this 4 chapter or to attempt to do so; HB 984 14 5 (2) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any other person because such 6 person has opposed any practice prohibited by this chapter or because such person has filed a 7 complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding or 8 hearing conducted pursuant to this chapter; 9 (3) For the state or any political subdivision of this state to discriminate on the basis of 10 race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy 11 status, ancestry, age, as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates to 12 housing; or 13 (4) To discriminate in any manner against any other person because of such person's 14 association with any person protected by this chapter. 15 2. This chapter, in addition to chapter 285 and chapter 287, shall provide the exclusive 16 remedy for any and all claims for injury or damages arising out of an employment relationship. 213.101. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to accomplish the purposes 2 thereof and any law inconsistent with any provision of this chapter shall not apply. Nothing 3 contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of any law of this state 4 relating to discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual 5 orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, ancestry, age, disability, or familial status. 6 2. The general assembly hereby expressly abrogates the case of McBryde v. Ritenour 7 School District, 207 S.W.3d 162 (Mo.App. E.D. 2006), and its progeny as it relates to the 8 necessity and appropriateness of the issuance of a business judgment instruction. In all civil 9 actions brought under this chapter, a jury shall be given an instruction expressing the business 10 judgment rule. 11 3. If an employer in a case brought under this chapter files a motion pursuant to rule 12 74.04 of the Missouri rules of civil procedure, the court shall consider the burden-shifting 13 analysis of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), and its progeny to be 14 highly persuasive for analysis in cases not involving direct evidence of discrimination. 15 4. The general assembly hereby expressly abrogates by this statute the cases of 16 Daugherty v. City of Maryland Heights, 231 S.W.3d 814 (Mo. 2007) and its progeny as they 17 relate to the contributing factor standard and abandonment of the burden-shifting framework 18 established in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973). 19 5. The general assembly hereby expressly abrogates by this statute the holding in Hurst 20 v. Kansas City Mo. School District, 437 S.W.3d 327 (Mo.App. W.D. 2014), that Missouri 21 Approved Instruction 19.01 may be applied to actions brought pursuant to this chapter, and the 22 holding in Thomas v. McKeever’s Enterprises, Inc., 388 S.W.3d 206 (Mo.App. W.D. 2012), that 23 juries shall not be instructed that plaintiffs bear the burden of establishing "but for" causation in 24 actions brought pursuant to this chapter. HB 984 15 25 6. The general assembly hereby abrogates all Missouri-approved jury instructions 26 specifically addressing civil actions brought under this chapter which were in effect prior to 27 August 28, 2017. T