1043-S AMS FAIR RYAN 003

SHB 1043 - S AMD TO COMM AMD - 810

    By Senator Fairley

                                                    ADOPTED 3/4/98

    On page 2, after line 16, insert the following:

    "(3) Section 2 of this act does not apply to local laws that are intended to protect tenants from discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, gender, national origin, marital status, creed, color, age, parental status, participation in a program under section eight of the United States Housing Act (42 USC 1437 (f)) as now or hereafter amended, political ideology, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service dog by a disabled person."

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EFFECT: Allows local governments to adopt ordinances designed to prevent discrimination in landlord tenant relationships.