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Committee advances bill to close fraternal exemption used to justify racially exclusive housing
Summary
The Housing & Community Development committee voted 26-0 to advance House Bill 2103, which clarifies that exemptions for 'bona fide' private or fraternal organizations in the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act do not apply to groups that restrict membership by race, color, national origin or ancestry.
House Bill 2103 moved out of the Housing & Community Development committee by a 26-0 vote after sponsors and members said the measure closes a legal loophole being tested by extremist groups.
Sponsor Representative Ben Waxman told the committee the bill "is really to close a loophole" used, he said, by white-nationalist groups seeking to build racially segregated communities…
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