Sen Floor Amend 18 to HB 127

25 Senate Floor Amend 18 OUT OF ORDER Senator Rahman of the 5th offered the following amendment #18: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to HB 127 (LC 61 0259S): by inserting after line 66 the following “g this section does not: (1) Prohibit the consideration by the state of bona fide qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal functions of state employment, public education, or state procurement; (2) Invalidate a court order or consent decree that is in force as of the effective date of this act; (3) Prohibit an action necessary to establish or maintain eligibility for a federal program if ineligibility would demonstrably result in a loss of federal funds to the state; (4) Affect any preference given to veterans in matters of state employment, public education, or state procurment; or (5) Preempt state discrimination law or federal discrimination law.