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Committee advances bill to expand civil-rights commission's remit with wording changes
Summary
The Judiciary Committee voted to move House Bill 11-93 forward after adopting amendments that replace 'unconstitutional practice' with 'discriminatory practice' and remove a redundant phrase; committee leaders said the bill would let the civil-rights commission accept complaints beyond housing and employment.
House Bill 11-93, a measure to broaden the state civil-rights commission's authority, was advanced by the Judiciary Committee after members adopted two technical amendments and voted to send the bill forward as amended.
A committee member described the bill's purpose as making the civil-rights…
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