{"bill":{"bill_key":"TN-SB848-2019","title":"As introduced, specifies that a child-placing agency shall not be required to provide adoption services that conflict with the agency's sincerely held religious beliefs; prohibits adverse action by an agency of state or local government against a child-placing agency for declining to provide services that conflict with the agency's sincerely held religious beliefs. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 36.","side":"anti","state":"TN","year":2019,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Faith based child placement agencies can refuse service based on religious beliefs","notes":"SOGI not directly mentioned; Same as HB1152","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB848/2019","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.B. 848, 111th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Tenn. 2019), https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0848&ga=111.","short":"Tenn. S.B. 848."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Joseph Hensley","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-028","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-7202"}],"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":1615,"pdf_href":"/bills/TN-SB848-2019/pdf/0/intro"}]}}