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2016 SESSION
HB 773 Government Nondiscrimination Act; created.
Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Government Nondiscrimination Act; creation. Creates the Government Nondiscrimination Act (the Act), which prohibits a government entity from taking any discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes, speaks, or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman and that the terms "man" and "woman" refer to an individual's immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics of the individual at the time of birth. For purposes of the Act, discriminatory actions include actions that adversely affect the tax treatment of a person or that withhold or otherwise make unavailable any (i) grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, or employment; (ii) entitlement or benefit under a benefit program; or (iii) entitlement to utilize state property. The Act also provides that a person shall be considered to be validly accredited, licensed, or certified for any purpose under state law if such person would otherwise have been accredited, licensed, or certified but for a determination based upon such person's sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102510D pdf
- 02/11/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105495D-H1 pdf
- 02/22/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105751D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102510D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/03/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/11/16 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105495D-H1
- 02/11/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105495D-H1
- 02/15/16 House: Motion to refer to Courts of Justice committee rejected
- 02/15/16 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB773H1
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (56-Y 41-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/22/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105751D-S1
- 02/24/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105751D-S1
- 02/25/16 Senate: Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB773S1
- 02/25/16 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/26/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/29/16 House: Passed by until Thursday, March 3, 2016
- 03/03/16 House: Passed by until Monday, March 7, 2016
- 03/07/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/16 House: Speaker ruled Senate substitute 16105751D-S1 not germane
- 03/10/16 Senate: Chair ruled bill not properly before the Senate
- 03/11/16 House: No further action taken
- 03/11/16 House: Failed to pass in House