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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4259

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Fleming, Bender, Talmadge, Wojahn, Goltz, Warnke, Williams, McManus, Vognild and Gaspard

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to discrimination; and amending RCW 49.60.215.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 14, chapter 37, Laws of 1957 as amended by section 7, chapter 127, Laws of 1979 and RCW 49.60.215 are each amended to read as follows:

          It shall be an unfair practice for any person or his agent or employee to commit an act which directly or indirectly results in any distinction, restriction, or discrimination, or the requiring of any person to pay a larger sum than the uniform rates charged other persons, or the refusing or withholding from any person the admission, patronage, custom, presence, frequenting, dwelling, staying, or lodging in any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement, except for conditions and limitations established by law and applicable to all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical handicap, or the use of a trained dog guide by a blind or deaf person:  PROVIDED, That this section shall not be construed to require structural changes, modifications, or additions to make any place accessible to a handicapped person except as otherwise required by law:  PROVIDED, That behavior or actions constituting a risk to property or other persons can be grounds for refusal and shall not constitute an unfair practice.