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Washington House Bill 2661 is a Washington state law which bans employment, insurance and
housing discrimination Housing discrimination refers to patterns of discrimination that affect a person's ability to rent or buy housing. This disparate treatment of a person on the housing market can be based on group characteristics or on the place where a person liv ...
against
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individuals, passed by the
Washington State Legislature The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senat ...
on January 27, 2006, and signed into law by Governor
Christine Gregoire Christine Gregoire (; née O'Grady; born March 24, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again ...
four days later. The bill went into effect on June 8, 2006.Official Washington State Legislature Bill Information
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Summary

*Expands the jurisdiction of the human rights commission to include sexual orientation and gender expression or identity as a basis for prohibiting discrimination. *Adds definitions for sexual orientation and gender expression or identity to Washington's Law Against Discrimination. *Exempts from Washington's Law Against Discrimination those real estate transactions that include the sharing, rental, or sublease of a dwelling unit when the dwelling unit is to be occupied by the owner or sublessor.


See also

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Equal Rights Washington Equal Rights Washington (ERW) is Washington’s largest statewide LGBT advocacy and community outreach organization. ERW's mission is to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Washingtonian ...
- key organization that pushed for its passage *
List of US ballot initiatives to repeal LGBT anti-discrimination laws US ballot initiatives to repeal LGBT anti-discrimination laws are anti-LGBT initiatives used to target and repeal LGBT anti-discrimination laws in the United States. These efforts started in 1972 and continue through at least 2018 on the state an ...


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Washington State House Bill 2661 as passed legislature (PDF)Legislative History of Washington State House Bill 2661Washington State House Bill 2661 Fiscal Notes
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