Permanent Record filed in Clerk’s office. Ordinance no.025279

Introduced by Buffaloe
First Readin 3-6-23 Second Reading -3-20-23
Ordinance No. 025279 Council Bill No. B 39-23

AN ORDINANCE

amending Chapter 12 of the City Code to add source or
income as a protected category under discriminatory practices;
amending Chapter 19 of the City Code relating to the definition
of protected categories; and fixing the time when this
ordinance shall become effective.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri, is hereby amended as follows:

Material to be deleted in ~~strikeout~~; material to be added underlined.

Sec. 12-1. Purposes of chapter.

The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) To prohibit discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation
based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status,
disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, receipt of
governmental assistance, alienage or citizenship status, status as a survivor
of sexual or domestic violence, er-order of protection status, or source of income.

(2) To prohibit discrimination in employment based on age as provided for in
article Ill of this chapter.

(3) To prohibit discrimination in housing based on familial status as provided for
in Article Ill of this chapter.

(4) To secure for all individuals within the city freedom from any discriminatory
practice made unlawful by Article Ill of this chapter.

(5) To implement within the city the policies embodied in Missouri and Federal
Human Rights Legislation, and to promote cooperation between the city and
the state and federal agencies enforcing that legislation.

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