BILL · 1995–96 SESSION
SB 5600: Human rights commissn jurisd
Expanding the jurisdiction of the human rights commission.
Summary
- Includes "sexual orientation" in the prohibited practices of discrimination against residents of the state. Does not require the endorsement of any specific belief, practice, behavior, or orientation. Does not authorize formal or informal education promoting sexual orientation in the schools.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 27, 1995
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Calvin Anderson (D-43)
- Introduced
- January 27, 1995 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 1996
- Companion bill
- HB 1900
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Calvin Anderson (D-43)
5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5600 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5600 (2025–26) TNCs/large-scale events
- SB 5600 (2023–24) Universal communications prg
- SB 5600 (2021–22) Apprenticeship programs
- SB 5600 (2019–20) Residential tenants
- SB 5600 (2017–18) Rehabilitated offenders
- SB 5600 (2015–16) Vulnerable adults, abuse of
- SB 5600 (2013–14) WorkFirst "work activity"
- SB 5600 (2011–12) Small loan lead generation