{"bill":{"bill_key":"GA-HB1023-2014","title":"Preservation of Religious Freedom Act; enact","side":"anti","state":"GA","year":2014,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for the preservation of religious freedom;…","notes":"Preservation of Religious Freedom Act - a state level RFRA with exceptions for the penal system","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: RFRA","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB1023/2014","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 1023, 152d Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ga. 2014), https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/41530.","short":"Ga. H.B. 1023."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Sam Teasley","party":"R","state":"GA","district":"HD-037","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-11783"},{"name":"Matthew Ramsey","party":"R","state":"GA","district":"HD-072","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-1919"},{"name":"Andrew Welch","party":"R","state":"GA","district":"HD-110","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-11774"},{"name":"David Casas","party":"R","state":"GA","district":"HD-107","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-1804"}],"citations":["GA:50-15A-2"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":7172,"pdf_href":"/bills/GA-HB1023-2014/pdf/0/intro"}]},"lineage":[{"template_id":"blitz-preserving-rf-2017","template_name":"Preserving Religious Freedom Act (State RFRA)","tier":"derived","predates":true},{"template_id":"blitz-marriage-tolerance-2017","template_name":"Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act)","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":true}],"diffusion":{"matches":[{"other":"GA-SB180-2024","other_title":"\"Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act\"; enact","other_state":"GA","other_year":2024,"cross_state":false},{"other":"GA-SB221-2019","other_title":"\"The Religious Freedom Restoration Act\"; enact","other_state":"GA","other_year":2019,"cross_state":false},{"other":"GA-SB284-2016","other_title":"\"First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia\"","other_state":"GA","other_year":2016,"cross_state":false},{"other":"GA-SB377-2014","other_title":"\"Preservation of Religious Freedom Act\"","other_state":"GA","other_year":2014,"cross_state":false},{"other":"LA-SB606-2010","other_title":"Provides relative to religious freedom. (8/15/10) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)","other_state":"LA","other_year":2010,"cross_state":true}]}}