Signed by Governor Jay Inslee

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status

Highlights:

• Establishes the right to be free from discrimination because of citizenship or immigration status as a civil right (Sec. 4).

• Expands the powers of the state agency to include the elimination and prevention of discrimination in employment, in credit and insurance transactions, in places of public resort, accommodation, or amusement, and in real property transactions due to citizenship or immigration status (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that distinction or differential treatment on the basis of citizenship or immigration status when authorized by federal or state law, regulation, or government contract, is not an unfair practice (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status

Highlights:

• Establishes the right to be free from discrimination because of citizenship or immigration status as a civil right (Sec. 4).

• Expands the powers of the state agency to include the elimination and prevention of discrimination in employment, in credit and insurance transactions, in places of public resort, accommodation, or amusement, and in real property transactions due to citizenship or immigration status (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that distinction or differential treatment on the basis of citizenship or immigration status when authorized by federal or state law, regulation, or government contract, is not an unfair practice (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status.

Full Bill Text