Tampa, Florida, Amendment 16, City Employee Discrimination Prohibition (March 2019)
| Amendment 16: Tampa City Employee Discrimination Prohibition |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| March 5, 2019 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local LGBT issues |
| Related articles |
| Local LGBT issues on the ballot March 5, 2019 ballot measures in Florida Hillsborough County, Florida ballot measures |
| See also |
| Tampa, Florida |
A charter amendment to prohibit discrimination in city employment was on the ballot for Tampa voters in Hillsborough County, Florida, on March 5, 2019. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of amending the city charter to prohibit discrimination by city officials and employees based on sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, familial status, disability, gender identification, genetic information, ethnicity, and any others prohibited by law, and to provide anti-discrimination training for all city employees. |
| A no vote was a vote against amending the city charter to prohibit discrimination by city officials and employees based on sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, familial status, disability, gender identification, genetic information, ethnicity, and any others prohibited by law, and to provide anti-discrimination training for all city employees. |
Election results
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Tampa Amendment 16 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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33,719 | 75.78% | ||
| No | 10,774 | 24.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall the amendment to the Revised Charter of the City of Tampa, Florida 1975, as amended, provide for amending Article X, Section 10.03, prohibiting discrimination (in addition to those already in the charter) based upon sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, familial status, disability, gender identification, genetic information, ethnicity, and any others prohibited by law, and to provide training for all city employees to address these items?[2] |
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Full text
The full text of this charter amendment is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Tampa, Florida.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ VoteHillsbourough.org, "Sample Ballot," accessed February 5, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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