SB 398 — Equality For All.

FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA MarSESSION 29, 2023 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 398 Short Title:

398 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS45154-LR-85 Short Title:

Rules and Operations of the Senate March 30, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROTECT ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

*DRS45154-LR-85**S398-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 (7) Offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with the understanding that any person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;

… (b1) It is an unlawful discriminatory housing practice for anyanyperson person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms and conditions of such a transaction, because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicapping condition, or familial that person's protected status.

or (2) By representing that a change has resulted, or may or will result in the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in the qualityqualityof of schools in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located.

(d) It is an unlawful discriminatorydiscriminatoryhousing housing practice to deny any person who is otherwise qualified by State law access to or membership or participation in any real estate brokers' organization, multiple listing service, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of engaging in real estate transactions, or to discriminate in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicapping condition, or familial that person's protected status.

… (g) It is an unlawful discriminatorydiscriminatoryhousingpractice housing practice to discriminate in land-use decisions or in the permitting of development based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicapping condition, familial a person's protected status, or, except as otherwise provided by law, the fact that a development or proposed development contains affordable housing units for families or individuals with incomes below eighty percent (80%) of area median income.

41A-4 he was motivated in full, or in any part at all, by race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicapping Page 2 DRS45154-LR-85Senate Bill 398-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 condition, or familial a person's protected status.

(b) It is recognized that the practice of denying employment opportunity and discriminating in the terms of employment foments domestic strife and unrest, deprives the State of the fullest utilization of its capacities for advancement and development, and substantiallysubstantiallyand and adversely affects the interests of employees, employers, and the public in general.

Equal opportunityopportunityfor for employment and compensation byState departments and agencies and local political subdivisions.

– An applicant for State employment, a State employee, or former State employee may allege discrimination or harassment based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, age, disability, genetic information, or political affiliation if the employee believes DRS45154-LR-85Senate Bill 398-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 that he or she has been discriminated against in his or her application for employment or in the terms and conditions of the employee's employment, or in the termination of his or her employment.

However, an employee may be suspended without warning pending the giving of written reasons in order to avoid undue disruption of work, to protect the safetysafetyof of persons or property, or for other serious reasons.

Page 4 DRS45154-LR-85Senate Bill 398-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 It is the public policy of this State to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all individuals within the State to enjoy fully and equally the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of places of public accommodation free of discrimination because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, familial status, militarymilitaryor or veteran status, or genetic information.

Article 1 of Chapter 75 of the General Statutes is amended bybyadding adding a new section to read:

– No person engaged in any form of lending moneymoneyin in this State, or to residents of this State, shall discriminate in the extension of credit on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

or charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage, because of the race, color, or national or ethnic origin origin, religion, sex, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, military or DRS45154-LR-85Senate Bill 398-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 veteran status, or genetic information of that individual.

AnyAnyperson person who claims to have been injured bybyan an unlawful discriminatory practice or who reasonably believes that he or she will be irrevocably injured by an unlawful discriminatory practice may file a complaint with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission (Commission) established under G.S.

"(e) Except as otherwise provided by law or the mission of the school as set out in the charter, the school shall not limit admission to students on the basis of intellectual ability, measures ofachievement oraptitude,athleticability,ordisability.oraptitude,athleticability, ordisability.Acharterschool shall not limit admission to students on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, or ancestry.

Acharterschool shall not limit admission to students on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, or ancestry.

Page 6 DRS45154-LR-85Senate Bill 398-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 A charter school shall not discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic information, or disability.

§ 2000d, as that statute read on JanuaryJanuary1, 1, 2014.on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

"(2b) The Board of Governors shall adopt a policy to provide that The University of North Carolina and its affiliates and personnel employed by The University of North Carolina and its affiliates shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, genderidentity,genderidentity,militaryorveteranstatus, militaryorveteranstatus,or orgeneticgenetic information.

The policypolicyshall shall include that any person who claims to have been injuredbyanunlawfuldiscriminatorypracticeor whoreasonablybelievesthat he or she will be irrevocably injured by an unlawful discriminatory practice DRS45154-LR-85Senate Bill 398-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 may file a complaint with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission established under G.S.

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