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Panel narrows and advances bill barring landlords from discrimination based on immigration or citizenship status; emergency clause added
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted dash-4 amendments to Senate Bill 599 on March 12, prohibiting certain landlord inquiries and disclosures of immigration or citizenship status in rental housing, and added an emergency clause with a 30-day operative delay for some sections.
On March 12 the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted dash-4 amendments to Senate Bill 599, a measure that would prohibit certain landlord practices related to immigration or citizenship status in rental housing. After extended questioning and stakeholder discussion the committee voted to advance the bill with the amendment and to send it to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Committee staff said the dash-4 amendment clarifies that rental housing discrimination based on immigration or citizenship status is prohibited, allows landlords to inquire about status to comply with federal laws that subsidize housing, permits landlords to accept combinations of listed documents to…
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