Bill > HB2569

This bill prohibits state departments in Missouri from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that promote preferential treatment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, or ancestry; the concept that disparities between groups are solely the result of oppression; collective guilt ideologies; intersectional or divisive identity activism; or the limiting of freedom of conscience, thought, or speech. However, the bill allows state departments to follow federal and state employment and anti-discrimination laws, as well as comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, the bill prohibits state departments from mandating, requiring, or incentivizing private sector employers to implement such diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as a condition of awarding a state contract.