Bill Text: MS HB807 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State service employees; prohibit sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination of.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB807 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-HB807-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency; Judiciary A

By: Representative Anderson (110th)

House Bill 807

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-149, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT PERSONS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN STATE SERVICE, OR PERSONS EMPLOYED IN STATE SERVICE, FROM BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 25-9-149, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     25-9-149.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the intent of the Legislature that no person seeking employment in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, * * *Mississippi Code of 1972, or employed in state service, as defined in Section 25-9-107, * * *Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age * * *or, handicap, sexual orientation or gender identity.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.

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