HB1063ham003 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. David Reis

Filed: 4/6/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1063

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1063, AS AMENDED, in Section 5, Sec. 2-101, subsection (B), paragraph (2), subparagraph (a), by inserting after "institution or organization" the following:

"acting upon the tenets of its faith"; and

in Section 5, Sec. 2-104, subsection (D), by inserting after "(2000)" the following:

", unless this decision is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court"; and

in Section 5, Sec. 5-103, by replacing subsection (B) with the following:

"(B) Facilities Distinctly Private. Any facility, as to discrimination based on sex, which restricts the use of public accommodations to individuals of one sex and which is distinctly private in nature such as restrooms, bathrooms, shower rooms, changing rooms, bath houses, health clubs and other similar facilities for which the Department, in its rules and regulations, may grant additional exemptions based on bona fide considerations of public policy.".