Vote Smart's Synopsis:

A vote to pass a bill that limits certain individual freedoms in specified workplaces and public schools.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer with 15 or more employees, or an instructor with 15 or more students in grades k-12 from subjecting an individual to, as a condition of employment or grading, an examination, training, or instruction that promotes the following as concepts constituting discrimination based on race, including, but not limited to that (Sec. 2):

• Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin are morally superior to members of another race, color, sex, or national origin;

• An individual, by virtue of their race, color, sex, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether conciously or unconciously;

• An individual’s moral character as either privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by their race, color, sex, or national origin; or

• An individual bears responsibility and should feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress because of the actions committed by past members of their same race, color, sex, or national origin.

• Specifies that violations of the aforementioned workplace and classroom prohibitions shall constitute discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex (Sec. 2).

• Amends state discrimination statutes to authorize employees and individuals the ability to file discrimination claims against employers and instructors engaging in trainings or discussions about black history, LGBTQ+ issues, and other concepts of injustice and discrimination (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

A vote to pass a bill that limits certain individual freedoms in specified workplaces and public schools.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer with 15 or more employees, or an instructor with 15 or more students in grades k-12 from subjecting an individual to, as a condition of employment or grading, an examination, training, or instruction that promotes the following as concepts constituting discrimination based on race, including, but not limited to that (Sec. 2):

• Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin are morally superior to members of another race, color, sex, or national origin;

• An individual, by virtue of their race, color, sex, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether conciously or unconciously;

• An individual’s moral character as either privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by their race, color, sex, or national origin; or

• An individual bears responsibility and should feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress because of the actions committed by past members of their same race, color, sex, or national origin.

• Specifies that violations of the aforementioned workplace and classroom prohibitions shall constitute discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex (Sec. 2).

• Amends state discrimination statutes to authorize employees and individuals the ability to file discrimination claims against employers and instructors engaging in trainings or discussions about black history, LGBTQ+ issues, and other concepts of injustice and discrimination (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text