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New state law prohibits discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status

by Cameron Sheppard
| April 10, 2020 12:01 AM

OLYMPIA — Employers, landlords and service providers will be prohibited from discriminating against individuals based on their citizenship or immigration status under a bill passed in the Washington Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 18.

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