Section 7 – Prohibited conduct — Aiding or abetting in discriminatory actions — Obstruction of division investigation — Reprisals.

• (1) It is a discriminatory housing practice to do any of the following:
  • (a) coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with a person:
    • (i) in the exercise or enjoyment of a right granted or protected under this chapter;
    • (ii) because that person exercised a right granted or protected under this chapter; or
    • (iii) because that person aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of a right granted or protected under this chapter;
  • (b) aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in a practice prohibited by this chapter;
  • (c) attempt to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in a practice prohibited by this chapter;
  • (d) obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this chapter, or any order issued under this chapter;
  • (e) resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the director or a division employee or representative in the performance of duty under this chapter; or
  • (f) engage in a reprisal against a person because that person:
    • (i) opposed a practice prohibited under this chapter; or
    • (ii) filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter.

• (2) This section also applies to discriminatory housing practices because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, source of income, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity based upon a person’s association with another person.

Amended by Chapter 13, 2015 General Session