Relating to unfair or discriminatory employment practices based upon issues relating to reproductive health, and including effective date provisions

This bill relates to unfair or discriminatory employment practices based upon reproductive health decisions. The bill specifies that it is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any employer to do any of the following: 1. Take any adverse employment action against an employee based on the use of any drug, device, or medical service related to reproductive health by the employee or the employee’s spouse or dependent; 2. Require an employee to sign a waiver or other document which purports to deny an employee, or an employee’s spouse or dependents, the right to make the employee’s or the employee’s spouse or dependents own reproductive health care decisions, including whether to use any particular drug, device, or medical service; or 3. Take any adverse employment action in retaliation against an employee for asserting rights or remedies under the bill. The bill requires an employer who provides an employee handbook to the employer’s employees to include in the handbook notice of the employee’s rights and remedies under the bill. qualifications the institution may impose based on religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose or to any employer who regularly employs less than four individuals. The bill takes effect upon enactment.