DCHRA
DC · Anti-discrimination statute
District of Columbia — Human Rights Act
D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1401 et seq.
District of Columbia
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Statute · Anti-discrimination · Employment / housing / public accommodations
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● In force
Citation
TitleDistrict of Columbia — Human Rights Act
TypeStatute
TopicCivil rights · AI-enabled discrimination
StatusIn force
Source
Date enacted1977 (codified)
Date in forceIn force
Primary sourceD.C. Official Code · pending
URLindexing pending
Jurisdiction & enforcer
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
ISOUS-DC
RegionNorth America
EnforcerDC Office of the Attorney General · DC Office of Human Rights · private right of action
Summary · derived from the District of Columbia AI Note (Alaap B. Shah)
Per the District of Columbia AI Note (Alaap B. Shah, Epstein Becker & Green, April 2026), the DC Human Rights Act (DCHRA) is the District’s comprehensive anti-discrimination law, applicable to decisions in employment, housing, and public accommodations within the District. It is the principal statutory hook for AI-enabled employment-discrimination claims in DC.
DCHRA may be triggered where AI-assisted employment decisions produce discriminatory outcomes on the basis of protected characteristics. The pending Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act (B25-0114), if enacted, would supplement DCHRA with explicit algorithmic-decision-making prohibitions, audit obligations, transparency requirements, and a private right of action.
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