{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"12955.4","citation":"Gov. Code, § 12955.4","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3"},{"name":"PART 2.8. CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT [12900. - 12999.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-2.8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Discrimination Prohibited [12940. - 12957.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-2.8/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Housing Discrimination [12955. - 12957.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-2.8/chapter-6/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 182, Sec. 11.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>Nothing in this part shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion or from giving preference to those persons, unless membership in that religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.</p>","text":"Nothing in this part shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion or from giving preference to those persons, unless membership in that religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/housing-discrimination-12955-4","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}