An Act amending the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, for right to freedom from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, for definitions, for unlawful discriminatory practices and for prohibition of certain real estate practices; providing for protection of religious exercise; and further providing for powers and duties of commission, for educational program and for construction and exclusiveness of remedy.
WHRC USA opposed because the bill provides that “gender identity or expression” replaces sex as a protected category wherever there is a conflict between “gender identity or expression” and sex.
Status: Introduced on March 10 2021 – 25% progression; referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
*Please note that the Women’s Human Rights Campaign USA (WHRC-USA) is now officially known as Women’s Declaration International USA (WDI-USA)