43 Pa. Stat. § 953

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 953 - Right to freedom from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation

The opportunity for an individual to obtain employment for which he is qualified, and to obtain all the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any public accommodation and of any housing accommodation and commercial property without discrimination because of race, color, familial status, religious creed, ancestry, handicap or disability, age, sex, national origin, the use of a guide or support animal because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right which shall be enforceable as set forth in this act.

43 P.S. § 953

1955, Oct. 27, P.L. 744, No. 222, § 3. Amended 1961, Feb. 28, P.L. 47, No. 19, § 1; 1967, Aug. 11, P.L. 208, No. 72, § 1; 1969, July 9, P.L. 133, No. 56, § 1; 1974, Dec. 19, P.L. 966, No. 318, §1, imd. effective; 1982 , April 8, P.L. 284, No. 80, § 1, imd. effective; 1986, Dec. 16, P.L. 1626, No. 186, § 1, imd. effective; 1991, Dec. 20, P.L. 414, No. 51, § 2, imd. effective.