Passage of Proposition 102 could signal the creation of similar statutes across the country.

A similar statute was passed for Ireland the following year (10 Geo.4 c.34).

Latvia, with a population that is 40 percent Russian, is preparing a similar statute.

Many cities have similar statutes intended to protect homosexuals from discrimination.

Since 1977, the law has inspired a proliferation of similar statutes in other states.

Some 38 states already have similar family-friendly statutes on the books.

That bill is now law, as are similar statutes in 42 other states.

This decision was reversed by two similar - but not identical - statutes added during the 2010 general assembly's regular session.

The organization has challenged a similar statute in Seattle.

But courts in other states have upheld similar statutes.