{"bill":{"bill_key":"NJ-A1706-2016","title":"Provides religious exemption for clergy and religious organizations concerning same-sex marriages and civil unions.","side":"anti","state":"NJ","year":2016,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Provides religious exemption for clergy and religious organizations concerning same-sex marriages and civil unions.","notes":"Religious institutions and their employees don't have to provide services related to marriage and marriage celebration in violation of their religious beliefs; Carried over to 2018 A 2864","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: Solemnization|Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A1706/2016","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"Assemb. 1706, 217th Leg. (N.J. 2016), https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2016/A1706.","short":"N.J. Assemb. 1706."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Ronald Dancer","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":"HD-012","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-3081"},{"name":"Jay Webber","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":"HD-026","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-3086"}],"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":7291}]},"lineage":[{"template_id":"blitz-clergy-protection-2017","template_name":"Clergy Protection Act","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":true},{"template_id":"blitz-marriage-tolerance-2017","template_name":"Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act)","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":true}]}