State Laws Outlawing
 Marital Status Bias
 in Employment

Laws Stigmatizing
Children Born to
Unmarried Parents

Laws Affecting Single People

 


STATE LAWS AGAINST MARITAL
STATUS DISCRIMINATION
 
 


Do Your State's Civil Rights
Laws Include Marital Status?

State Employment Housing Insurance Credit Other
Alabama no no no no  
Alaska yes yes no yes  
Arizona no no mortgage only no violence shelters
Arkansas no no no yes  
California yes yes some lines yes  
Colorado no yes no yes  
Connecticut yes yes no yes  
Delaware yes yes no no  
Florida yes no no yes club membership
Georgia no no no no  
Hawaii yes yes no yes  
Idaho no no no no  
Illinois yes yes no yes  
Indiana teachers only no no no  
Iowa no no no no  
Kansas no no yes no  
Kentucky no no no no  
Louisiana no no no yes  
Maine no no no yes  
Maryland yes yes no yes  
Massachusetts no yes no no  
Michigan yes yes no yes  
Minnesota yes yes no yes  
Mississippi no no no no  
Missouri no no yes yes  
Montana yes yes group plans yes  
Nebraska yes yes no no  
Nevada no no no yes  
New Hampshire yes yes some lines no  
New Jersey yes yes no yes  
New Mexico no no no no  
New York yes yes no yes  
North Carolina no no no yes  
North Dakota yes yes no yes  
Ohio no no no yes  
Oklahoma no no no yes  
Oregon yes yes no no  
Pennsylvania no no yes no  
Rhode Island no yes no yes  
South Carolina no no no no  
South Dakota no no no no  
Tennessee no no no yes  
Texas no no no no  
Utah no no no no  
Vermont no yes no yes  
Virginia yes yes yes yes  
Washington yes yes some no  
West Virginia no no no no  
Wisconsin yes yes no yes  
Wyoming no no no no  
Total states
with protections		 20 yes,
1 teachers only		 23 yes 4 yes,
5 some lines		 27 yes 2 some areas