BILL REQ. #:  S-1297.1 

Read first time 02/11/09.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to violations of Washington's law against discrimination; and adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 49.60 RCW to read as follows:
     Where an impermissible motive is an element of a claim under this chapter, a violation is established where the complaining party demonstrates that the impermissible motive was a substantial factor, not that it was the only factor or the main factor, or that the complaining party would not have been subject to the treatment absent the impermissible motive. It is not a defense to liability or relief that the complaining party would have been subject to the same treatment absent the impermissible motive.