---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3615"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3615"
heading: "Effect on State laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3615"
units:
  - "Chapter 45 — Fair Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Generally"
---

# §3615. Effect on State laws


Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law of a [State](/usc/42/3602.md?p=g) or political subdivision of a [State](/usc/42/3602.md?p=g), or of any other jurisdiction in which this subchapter shall be effective, that grants, guarantees, or protects the same rights as are granted by this subchapter; but any law of a [State](/usc/42/3602.md?p=g), a political subdivision, or other such jurisdiction that purports to require or permit any action that would be a [discriminatory housing practice](/usc/42/3602.md?p=f) under this subchapter shall to that extent be invalid.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 816, formerly § 815, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 89; renumbered § 816, Pub. L. 100–430, § 8(1), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1625.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 816 of Pub. L. 90–284 was renumbered section 817 and is classified to section 3616 of this title.