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1998 SESSION

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HB 866 Gender Equity Act; created.

Introduced by: Gladys B. Keating | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Gender Equity Act. Provides that no business establishment of any kind may discriminate, with respect to the price charged for services of similar or like kind, against a person because of the person's gender. The bill provides an exception for price differences based specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost of providing the services. The bill makes violations of the Gender Equity Act a prohibited practice under the Consumer Protection Act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 986382320  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 986382320
• 01/26/98  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 02/03/98  House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (19-Y 6-N)
• 02/04/98  House: Read first time
• 02/05/98  House: Read second time
• 02/05/98  House: Rereferred to Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 02/06/98  House: Assigned to C. I. B. sub-committee: 4
• 02/14/98  House: Continued to 1999 in C. I. B. (25-Y 0-N)