This past legislative session, State Senate Jennifer Veiga (Senate District 31, Denver) and House Majority Leader Alice Madden (House District 10, Boulder) sponsored a bill to prevent employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or religion. The bill, SB07-25, takes effect this Friday, August 3.

Senator Veiga has sponsored similar legislation every year since 2001, and it has twice passed the state legislature only to be vetoed by then-Governor Bill Owens.

“Such an important, basic human right as employment should never be based upon race, gender, age, country of origin, or in this case sexual orientation,” said. Senator Veiga.

To read the text of the bill, click here, or see:

http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersSenate?openFrameset

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