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Enact Ohio Fairness Act; prohibit certain types of discrimination

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Long Title To amend sections 4112.01 and 4112.05 of the Revised Code to enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.

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Courts and Civil Law

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House Commerce and Labor Committee

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Willis E. Blackshear, Jr.

Janine R. Boyd

Erica C. Crawley

Paula Hicks-Hudson

Stephanie D. Howse

Catherine D. Ingram

Dontavius L. Jarrells

Phillip M. Robinson, Jr.

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