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Five states—Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas—do not have a public accommodation law for nondisabled individuals.
All states with a public accommodation law prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, ancestry and religion.
In addition, 18 jurisdictions prohibit discrimination based on marital status, 25 prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, 24 prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, 20 prohibit discrimination based on age, three prohibit discrimination based on veteran status, six prohibit discrimination based on military status and five prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy/childbirth status in areas of public accommodation.
This chart lists those prohibitions, as well as the statute which defines what areas count as places/areas of public accommodation.
[2] California does not specify their anti-discrimination law to public accommodations, but instead extends the protection to "all business establishments of every kind whatsoever." See Unruh Civil Rights Act.
[8] N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 40-c does not specify their anti-discrimination law to public accommodations, but instead prohibits discrimination "by any other person or by any firm, corporation or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state."