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Title 5, Chapter 337: HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
5 §4551. Title
5 §4552. Policy
5 §4553. Definitions
5 §4553-A. Physical or mental disability
5 §4554. Construction
5 §4555. Application (REPEALED)
Subchapter 2: COMMISSION
5 §4561. Members
5 §4562. Terms of office
5 §4563. Quorum
5 §4564. Compensation; reappointment
5 §4565. Removal from office
5 §4566. Powers and duties of the commission
5 §4566-A. Certification and conformity with rules
Subchapter 3: FAIR EMPLOYMENT
5 §4571. Right to freedom from discrimination in employment
5 §4572. Unlawful employment discrimination
5 §4572-A. Unlawful employment discrimination on the basis of sex
5 §4573. Not unlawful employment discrimination
5 §4573-A. Defenses
5 §4574. Mandatory retirement age prohibited
5 §4575. Mandatory retirement age prohibited
5 §4576. Gender equity in school administrative positions
5 §4577. Compensation history inquiry as evidence of unlawful discrimination
Subchapter 4: FAIR HOUSING
5 §4581. Right to freedom from discrimination in housing; exceptions
5 §4581-A. Unlawful housing discrimination
5 §4582. Unlawful housing discrimination (REPEALED)
5 §4582-A. Unlawful housing discrimination on the basis of disability
5 §4582-B. Standards and certification
5 §4582-C. Standards for multifamily and public housing constructed on or after September 1, 2012
5 §4583. Application
Subchapter 5: PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
5 §4591. Equal access to public accommodations
5 §4592. Unlawful public accommodations
5 §4593. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1, 1974 and January 1, 1982
5 §4594. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1982 and January 1, 1984
5 §4594-A. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1984 and January 1, 1988
5 §4594-B. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1988 and September 1, 1988
5 §4594-C. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1, 1988 and January 1, 1991
5 §4594-D. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1991 and January 1, 1996
5 §4594-E. Waivers for existing buildings (REPEALED)
5 §4594-F. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1996 and March 15, 2012
5 §4594-G. Standards for facilities constructed or altered after March 15, 2012
5 §4594-H. Marking of parking space access aisles
Subchapter 5-A: A FAIR CREDIT EXTENSION
5 §4595. Right to freedom from discrimination solely on basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, marital status, ancestry, religion or national origin in any credit transaction
5 §4596. Unlawful credit extension discrimination
5 §4597. Definitions
5 §4598. Enforcement
Subchapter 5-B: EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
5 §4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education
5 §4602. Unlawful educational discrimination
5 §4603. Rulemaking; review
5 §4604. Enforcement
Subchapter 6: COMMISSION ACTION
5 §4611. Complaint
5 §4612. Procedure on complaints
5 §4613. Procedure in Superior Court
5 §4614. Attorney's fees and costs
Subchapter 7: CIVIL ACTIONS BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS
5 §4621. Civil action
5 §4622. Limitations on attorneys' fees and damages; procedures
5 §4623. Consolidation of cases
Subchapter 8: MISCELLANEOUS
5 §4630. Discrimination by public entities prohibited
5 §4631. Burden of proof
5 §4632. Offensive names
5 §4633. Prohibition against retaliation and coercion
5 §4634. Right to breast-feed
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