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STATE OF WISCONSIN SENATE SUBSTITUTE A~ENDMENT TO Iggl SLNATE BILL LRHsOS7311 GMId:skg:ks February 27, 1992 - Offered by COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, C~, LABOR, VETERANS AND M~LTTA.~YA/~AIRS. I 2 $ & 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 ACT to amend 111.31 (I) to (3) and 111.321; and to___~crea~e 111.35 of the s~atutes, rela~in~ co prohihi~inE employmenu d£s¢limina~ion based on ~he use of lawful producus oucslde an e~ployer's premises during nonworking hours. ~he people pf ~he s~ate of_Ni$consin~ represented in seuaue and assembl~ do enac~ as ~olloWS; SECTION 1. 111.31 (i) ~o (~) ol the statutes are a~e.nde~ ~o Eead: 111.~I (i) The legislature ~inds ~ha~ ~he practice o~ unfair d~s- of their age~ race, creed, color~ handlc~p, marital origins a~ces~ry~ sexual orisn~a~ion~ arrest record~ membership An the naE£onal guard, s~a~m d~fense for~e or component Of the military ~orces o£ ~he ~nited States or of lawful p~o~ucts of M the employeE's ~pr~mises dur/n~ nonworkin~ hours suhsran~ially and adversely affects ~he general welfare of ~he sta~e. Employers, labor organizauions, employ~en~ agencies an~ li¢~sin~ a~encies ~ ths____t deny employmen~ opportunities and dlscrimlnata in employmenu a~ainsz properly q~alified individuals solely 5ecause of their age, race, creed, color, hand~csp, marital starus, sex, na~£onal origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record ~ membership in :he SZatUS, Sex, national convic~i0n record ~ any other reserve this s~a~e or ~s._._._~e TI23971561

~O,O~s'010 05101/9Z IS91-92 L~Eisla~ura -2- LRBs0573/I GPL~:skg:ks 1 2 3 4 7 I0 II 15 17 18 20 21 2~ 2~ 2~ 2~ na=ional Euard, state defense force or any other reserve component of the mil£tary forces of the United States of this ~tate or use of ,lawful, prod~ uc~s of~ th% employe=~ premises d~rln~ ,nonwqrkin~ hours d~rive those are necessary~o maintains ju~ individuals of the and decen= standard of living. of all free from handicap, marital statu~, orlenDatlon~ arrest r~cord, I~ is =he fnten= of the l~Eisla~ure to protec~ by law the rights indiv~dual~ ~o obtain gainful employmen~ and employment dlscrimina~icn because Of sex, national origin, conviction record na~Ion~l guard, sta~e d~fen~e force or any other reserve componen~ of m~li~ary ~=zcem of ~h. United ~ates or this s~ate o~,use of Xa~ful prod- off.~he employe~s pr~mises,,duzin~ nonwork~n~ hour~, and to encourage full, nondiscr/m~natory utilization of ~he productive resources of the s~a%e ~o ~he b~nafit of uh~ s~ate, ~he family and all the s~ate. I~ ~s ~he in~en~ of the employm~n~ based enjoy priv£1~&es r~C~ cre~d~ colo~, ancestry, sexual m~mbership in p~ople of the' leglsla~uze in promul~a=inE th~s su~chap- e~ployers to evaluate an emp|oye or applican~ for Upon the employe's or applicanE's individual qual~fica- ~ions rather than upon a particular belong. o~herwise, i~ ~s class to which the individual may In the interpretation and applicaulon o£ %his subchaptez, and declared to be the public policy of the s~a~e to ca=our- CO the fulles~ ex~nt pracuicable a~e and foster uh. employmen~ of all pzope~ly qualified indiv£d~als resa~dless of age, race, creed, color, handicap, marital s~atus, sex, national orlg~n, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, convlc~ion record e~ membership in ~he national guard, s~a~e defense force or any o~hmr reserve componen~ of Ehe military forces of zhe United S~atas or ~his scaua o_r use of la,~ful prod- T!23971562

G~:skE:ks or ~o discriminate against an individual ia or ~n terms, condizions or privileges of off the employer's pr~mises nonprofi~ corporation employmen~, because that individual uses dur~n@ nonworking hours ~ lawful product that discourages the general publ~c from using. (2) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, i~ is not employment discrimina~ion because o~ use o~ a lawful product off the employer's premise~ during T!23971563

2 liaansinE aEency or o~h,r person ~o refuse Uo hi~e, employ, admi~ or 3 license an ~ndivldual, Zo bar, suspend or terminate an indlv~dual from employm~nE, m~mhe~ship or licensure, oZ no discr~m~na~ against an in,i- 5 vidua| in promotion, in comp~nsatiom or ~n ~erms, conditions or 6 of employment or labor ore~mi~a~iom membership if ~he i~dividual's 7 a lawf~l pro~uc~ oEf ~he e~ployer~s 9remises dur/ng non~ork~ hours does any of the fol/owSme: 9 (a) Impa£rm th~ ~vi~al'm ahil~ty =o ~nder~ake adequately the I0 job-related resp~s~6~|~C~s of ~at ~ndiv£dual's employment, membarsh£p ii or ~icensure. 12 [5) .Cx~es ~@~.¢f ~Eeresz, or ~he appearance of a co~flic~ 15 (C) ~g~S ~ ~ ~on~ f~de occupational quali~icati0n 16 reasonabl~ r~laCed c~ ~B job~ralated responsibilities of 17 individual's ~l~a~ m~mba~ship or licensure, 18 (3) Not~i¢hscaz~L~k~ s. 111.32~, it is no~ employment 19 because of usa of & lawful product off th~ employer's premises d~iTi~ 20 nonworki~E hours for an empl¢yer, laSor orEanizaUion, emplo~men~ aEency, 21 llcensin~ agency or o~her person ~o offer a policy or plas of life, health 2~ or disability i~ursnce coverage under which the ~yp~ o£ coverage or 23 price of coverage for an individual who uses a lawful product off the 2& employer's premises durlnE nonworking ~ou=s d~ffers from rh~ type of 25 coveraEe or ~he price of coveraEe provided for as individual who does nor 26 2~ use that l~wful product, if all (a) The difference between of the follo~in~ conditions apply; the premium ra~es charged to an indlv£dual lawful produ~ an4 the preeium rares char~sd ~o an ~ndl- T123971564

i~9" ~2 5eg£sla~ura -~- LP~sO5 73 / l Gl~M:skg: ks 1 5 6 vidual who does nou ~se than lawful product refle=~ the cost of providing tha coverage to ~he individual who usss ~ha~ l~ful product. (b} The employer, labor organization, e~plo3~en~ agency, licensing who is charged a d~ferenr ~remium rate based on Eh&t individual's use of a law~ul product off the employer's premises durinE nonwmrkin~ hours wiuh a wr£~an suatemenE speCifying ~he premium r&=e differennial used by the J.Rsar~nce carrier. 9 (End) :( Tl23971565

1991-92 STATE OF WISCONSIN SENATE AM-~DMENT I, TO SENATE SUBSTITD'~E AME~"D~IEhrf I, TO 1991 SENATE BILL 29Z Fabruary 27, 1992 - Offar±d by COMMITTEE ON TOLq~ISM, COMMERCE, LABOR, VETERANS AND MILITARY AI~AIRS. 2 3 6 7 I, "{4) iooa~ions indicated, amend zhe PsEe 5, line 8: after the ~ha~ line insert: No~wi~hstandinE s. iII.52~, i~ is no~ employmen~ discrimination because of usa of a lawful produ¢~ off the employer's pr~mises durin~ nonworkinE hours to refuse to e~ploy an applican~ ~f the applicant's use of a lawful produc~ consists of smok~n~ ~obacco ~nd th~ employment ~s as a fire fighzer covered undar s. 89~.45." (End) T!23971566

19gi-92 L~-gi~larura STATE OY WISCONSIN LP~a2578/l SENATE A WENDMEhT TO SENATE SUBSTIT~FE A~NDMENT TO 1991 SENATE BILL March ~0, 1992 - Offered by Senator C~VALA. 1 2 3 At the 1, "(d) lo~a~ions indicaaed, amend uhe sDbsui~uze amendment as follows: Pags A, lin~ I;: af~Ir rha~ lin~ ~nser~ Conszi:u~es a vlolaKion of s. As.gs3 (2)." ~7") ~) e ~ r~ o ~ Ti23971567

1991-9Z ~eg~sla~ure STATE OF WISCONSIN SENATE AMENDHENT TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE ~E~NDMENT TO 1991 SENATE BILL 292 March f0, 1992 - Offered by Senator ADELM.AN. 1 2 3 7 9 iO 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 ZO 21 At the I, Page 2, Page locazions indicaued, amend ~he substiuuze amendment as follows: line 3: after '~use" insert "or nonnse". line 11: after "use" insert "or nonus~". lin~ 2: on lines 2~ IZ and 28, afte~ "us__~e" insmrt "o_r d~lete "because ~:he individual uses" and Page 3, line 26: ~fter that line • "(b) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is no~ employmen~ bedause of nonuse of a lawful produ=~ off ~he employer's premises no~nworking ho~zs for a nonprofit d/scriminazlon during purposes or objectives, encoura&es aorpora~ion ~ha~, as one of £~s primary the general public to use a lawful produce to refuse to hire or employ an individual, ~o suspend or ~ezminate th~ employmeKE of an individual, or to discriminate against ar~ individual ~n promotion, i~ compensation o~ ~n terms, conditions or privileges of employmenu, because uha~ indlvidual does no~ use off the employer's prem- ises duzlng nonworkin~ hours a lawful product tha~ zhe nonprofiu corpora- t~on encourages the Senegal public =o use." T!23971568

08/01/92 11:20 ~SOa Z$-~ ~243 DEWITT.PORTER ~991-92 LeEisla~ura STATE OF WZSCQN$IN SENATE TO SENATE SUBSTITSTE ANENDHENT TO 1991 SENATE BILL 292 1 2 At ~he loca=lons I. Page 4, lin~ 17: "Cd) Conflicts r eg~la~ ion. ". amend ~ha substitute amendm~n~ as £olloWS: a~ter ~hat line insezt: a~y fBderal or stat~ snatu~e, rule (End) T!23971569

1991-9~ Legislature STATE OF WISCONSIN LRB-455011 GMM:skg:ljd 1991 SENATE BILL 292 October 8, 1991 - Introduced by Senators VAN SISTINE and RUDE; cosponsored by Representatives CLARENBACH, HOLSCHBACH, HAUKE, HAMILTON, TRAVIS, MUSSER and JOHNSRUD. Referred to Committee on Tourism, Commerce, Labor, Veterans' and Military Affairs. 1 3 4 AN ACT to statutes, amend 111.31 (i) to (3) and iii~321; and to create 111.35 of the relating to prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of lawful activities purgued outside an employer's premises during nonworking hours. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, discrimination in employment on the basis of age, race, creed, color, handicap, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, arrest record, conviction record or membership in the national guard or military reserves is prohibited. This bill extends the provi- sions of current law that protect against unfair employment discrimination to prohibit discrimination based on an individual pursuing lawful activi- ties while off the employer's premises during nonworking hours, except that a religious association not organized for private profit, or an organization or corporation that is primarily owned or controlled by a nonprofit religious association, may refuse to hire an applicant, may terminate an employe or may discriminate against an employe in promotion, compensation or terms, conditions or privileges of employment for pursuing a lawful activity off the employer's premises during nonworking hours if pursuing that lawful activity violates a principal tenet of that religious association. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represeqted ~n senate and assembly, do enact as follows: 5 6 7 SECTION 111.31 crimination i. 111.31 (I) to (3) of the statutes are amended to read: (I) The legislature finds that the practice of unfair dis- in employment against properly qualified individuals by reason Ti23971570