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Committee continues lengthy debate on making human‑rights protections consistent across city code; veterans status added
Summary
The committee discussed an ordinance to harmonize non‑discrimination language across Tulsa’s municipal code, moving existing definitions for sexual orientation and gender identity into a common section and adding veteran status as a protected characteristic.
The Urban Economic Development Committee engaged in an extended June 18 discussion about an ordinance intended to make non‑discrimination language consistent across various chapters of the Tulsa code. Staff described the amendment as a technical and substantive update: moving the 2015 definitions for sexual orientation and gender identity into a common definitions section, adding veteran status as a protected characteristic, extending protections into public accommodation sections, and adding a non‑conflict clause for state and federal law.
Jack, city legal, summarized the requested changes: move the existing definitions from the housing chapter into the chapter’s general definitions, add veteran status, add the characteristics to public‑accommodation prohibitions and other municipal provisions, and make housekeeping edits including…
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