{"bill":{"bill_key":"NJ-A2638-2022","title":"Provides religious exemption for clergy and religious organizations concerning same-sex marriages and civil unions.","side":"anti","state":"NJ","year":2022,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"No religious society or clergy or employee thereof need solemize a marriage or provide goods or services related to a marriage that is counter to their religious beliefs","notes":"This bill has carried over since 2014 A 4733","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: Solemnization","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A2638/2022","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"Assemb. 2638, 220th Leg. (N.J. 2022), https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A2638.","short":"N.J. Assemb. 2638."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Ronald Dancer","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":"HD-012","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-3081"}],"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":7227}]},"lineage":[{"template_id":"blitz-clergy-protection-2017","template_name":"Clergy Protection Act","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":false},{"template_id":"blitz-marriage-tolerance-2017","template_name":"Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act)","tier":"shares_provisions","predates":false}]}