{"bill":{"bill_key":"MN-SF2158-2015","title":"Freedom of conscience; individuals with certain religious held beliefs human rights provisions exemption authorization","side":"anti","state":"MN","year":2015,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Freedom of conscience; individuals with certain religious held beliefs human rights provisions exemption authorization","notes":"MRFA model; Individuals and businesses need do nothing that would \"violate a sincerely held belief regarding whether marriage is only the union of one man and one woman\" and the state can not penalize for such things either","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: MRFA|Religious Exemptions: Marriage","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/SF2158/2015","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.F. 2158, 89th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Minn. 2015), https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2158&ssn=0&y=2015.","short":"Minn. S.F. 2158."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Paul Gazelka","party":"R","state":"MN","district":"SD-009","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-10533"},{"name":"Michelle Benson","party":"R","state":"MN","district":"SD-031","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-10536"},{"name":"Warren Limmer","party":"R","state":"MN","district":"SD-037","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-6458"},{"name":"Mary Kiffmeyer","party":"R","state":"MN","district":"SD-030","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-6368"},{"name":"Dan Hall","party":"R","state":"MN","district":"SD-056","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-10534"}],"citations":[],"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":5168,"pdf_href":"/bills/MN-SF2158-2015/pdf/0/intro"}]},"lineage":[{"template_id":"blitz-clergy-protection-2017","template_name":"Clergy Protection Act","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":true}],"diffusion":{"matches":[{"other":"TX-HB4512-2019","other_title":"Relating to the rights of persons relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief.","other_state":"TX","other_year":2019,"cross_state":true},{"other":"VA-SB41-2016","other_title":"Religious freedom; marriage solemnization, participation, and beliefs.","other_state":"VA","other_year":2016,"cross_state":true}]}}