Bill > HB184

This bill amends Alaska's existing laws to add protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Expanding the powers and duties of the State Commission for Human Rights to study and publish results on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other protected characteristics. 2. Declaring that discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other factors is a matter of public concern and the state's policy is to eliminate such discrimination in employment, credit and financing, public accommodations, and housing. 3. Prohibiting employers, labor organizations, and others from discriminating in employment, housing, and other areas based on a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other protected characteristics. 4. Prohibiting owners and operators of public accommodations from denying services or discriminating based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other protected characteristics. 5. Defining "gender identity or expression" and "sexual orientation" for the purposes of the law. Overall, the bill aims to extend existing civil rights protections in Alaska to prohibit discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

Government Affairs, Justice

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