City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0014R

• File #: 08-0014R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of Federal Legislation - S.2554 - The Civil Rights Act of 2008
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/4/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/4/2008
• Title: In Support of Federal Legislation - S.2554 - The Civil Rights Act of 2008 FOR the purpose of expressing support for the Civil Rights Act of 2008 that restores Congressional protections against discrimination by strengthening the protection of Americans' civil rights and workers' rights, urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the United States Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to give the legislation a favorable report, requesting the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 110th Congress to secure passage of the Act, and entreating the President of the United States to sign the Civil Rights Act of 2008 into law.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, President Young, Warren Branch, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Rochelle Spector, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Civil Rights, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of Federal Legislation - S.2554 - The Civil Rights Act of 2008

FOR the purpose of expressing support for the Civil Rights Act of 2008 that restores Congressional protections against discrimination by strengthening the protection of Americans' civil rights and workers' rights, urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the United States Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to give the legislation a favorable report, requesting the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 110th Congress to secure passage of the Act, and entreating the President of the United States to sign the Civil Rights Act of 2008 into law.
Body
Recitals

Over the years, Congress has enacted bipartisan laws to ensure that federal tax dollars are not used to subsidize discrimination and to ensure that there are real remedies when civil rights are violated. As recent court decisions have weakened America's civil rights laws in ways that Congress never intended, the Civil Rights Act of 2008 has been introduced to guarantee accountability for violations of citizens' civil rights and fair labor laws and to give individuals the right to challenge practices that have unjustified discriminatory effect based on race, color, national origin, disability, age, or gender. It also gives students the same protection from harassmen...