00                            SENATE BILL NO. 162                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to discrimination based on residency in this state in transactions                                     
02 involving real property."                                                                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.80.240 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 18.80.240. Unlawful practices in the sale or rental of real property. It                              
06       is unlawful for the owner, lessee, manager, or other person having the right to sell,                             
07       lease, or rent real property                                                                                      
08                 (1)  to refuse to sell, lease, or rent the real property to a person because                            
09       of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or                         
10       mental disability, color, residency in this state, or national origin; however, nothing                       
11       in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property                                
12       commonly known as housing for "singles" or "married couples" only;                                                
13                 (2)  to discriminate against a person because of sex, marital status,                                   
14       changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability,                              

01 color, residency in this state, or national origin in a term, condition, or privilege                               
02 relating to the use, sale, lease, or rental of real property; however, nothing in this                                  
03 paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly                                     
04       known as housing for "singles" or "married couples" only;                                                         
05 (3)  to make a written or oral inquiry or record of the sex, marital status,                                            
06 changes in marital status, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, residency                          
07       in this state, or national origin of a person seeking to buy, lease, or rent real property;                   
08 (4)  to offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with                                          
09 the understanding that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate                                           
10 transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or sources in connection therewith because                               
11 of a person's sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion,                                
12       physical or mental disability, color, residency in this state, national origin, or age;                       
13 (5)  to represent to a person that real property is not available for                                                   
14 inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to allow a                             
15 person to inspect real property because of the race, religion, physical or mental                                       
16 disability, color, residency in this state, national origin, age, sex, marital status,                              
17 change in marital status, or pregnancy of that person or of any person associated with                                  
18       that person;                                                                                                      
19                 (6)  to engage in blockbusting;                                                                         
20 (7)  to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or                                                       
21 published, any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of                                
22       real property that indicates any                                                                                  
23 (A)  preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race,                                                       
24 color, religion, physical or mental disability, sex, or national origin, or an                                          
25            intention to make the preference, limitation, or discrimination; or                                      
26 (B)  limitation or discrimination based on residency in this                                                        
27            state, or an intention to make the limitation or discrimination.