{"bill":{"bill_key":"VA-HB773-2016","title":"Government Nondiscrimination Act; created.","side":"anti","state":"VA","year":2016,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"engrossed","summary":"Government Nondiscrimination Act; creation. Creates the Government Nondiscrimination Act (the Act), which prohibits a government entity from taking any discriminatory action again…","notes":"Committee substituted a Religious exemption re: marriage bill; Introduced bill was Freedom of conscience re: same-sex marriage & \"biological sex\" immutability beliefs; Same origin as Mississippi 2016 HB 1523","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: Solemnization|Religious Exemptions: Marriage|Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE|Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA","sponsor_mix":"R","final_margin_pct":52.5,"url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB773/2016","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 773, 2016 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Va. 2016), https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB773.","short":"Va. 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