2008 House Bill 6666

Repeal civil rights law prison exemption

Introduced in the House

Nov. 19, 2008

Introduced by Rep. Alma Smith (D-54)

To remove the provision in the state Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act that exempts prisons from a prohibition on any unit of government discriminating on the basis of certain individual characteristics specified in the Act which exempts prisons from the Act’s provisions.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary