HB 2312
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
House: HHS DP 5-4-0-0
HB 2312: women's shelters; male employees; liability
Sponsor: Representative Jones, LD 17
House Engrossed
Overview
Asserts that facilities that do not allow biological male employees to be in the presence of a
woman or their minor children while living in the facility is not liable for gender discrimination if the
facility's sole purpose is to provide a safe and stable shelter for women or women with their minor
children.
History
It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to do the following because of an
individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or on the basis of disability:
1) to fail or refuse to hire, discharge or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with
respect to their compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment;
2) to limit, segregate or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way that
would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise
adversely affect their employee status; and
3) to fail or refuse to hire, discharge or otherwise discriminate against any individual based
on the results of a genetic test received by the employer (A.R.S. § 41-1463).
Employer, as defined within the discrimination in employment statutes, means:
1) a person who has 15 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more
calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year; and
2) to the extent that the person is alleged to have committed any act of sexual harassment,
a person who has one or more employees in the current or preceding calendar year
(A.R.S. § 41-1461).
Provisions
1. Specifies that a facility that does not allow a biological male employee to be in the presence
of a woman or their minor children while living in the facility is not liable for gender
discrimination if the facility's sole purpose is to provide a safe and stable shelter for women or
women with their minor children. (Sec. 1)
2. Defines facility to include a women's shelter, a women's halfway house and a sex trafficking
rehabilitation center for women. (Sec. 1)
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