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RSA 354-A:1 · Title and Purposes of Chapter

Title
XXXI: TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter
354-A · STATE COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
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current
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354-A:1 Title and Purposes of Chapter. – This chapter shall be known as the "Law Against Discrimination." It shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare, health and peace of the people of this state, and in fulfillment of the provisions of the constitution of this state concerning civil rights. The general court hereby finds and declares that practices of discrimination against any of its inhabitants because of age, sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability or national origin are a matter of state concern, that such discrimination not only threatens the rights and proper privileges of its inhabitants but menaces the institutions and foundation of a free democratic state and threatens the peace, order, health, safety and general welfare of the state and its inhabitants. A state agency is hereby created with power to eliminate and prevent discrimination in employment, in places of public accommodation and in housing accommodations because of age, sex, gender identity, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability or national origin as herein provided; and the commission established hereunder is hereby given general jurisdiction and power for such purposes. In addition, the agencies and councils so created shall exercise their authority to assure that no person be discriminated against on account of sexual orientation. Source. 1992, 224:1. 1997, 108:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2018, 176:1, eff. July 8, 2018.

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Source. 1992, 224:1. 1997, 108:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2018, 176:1, eff. July 8, 2018.

Source history

  • 1992, 224:1
  • 1997, 108:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1998
  • 2018, 176:1, eff. July 8, 2018

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