MS-HB1523-2016
Mississippi · HB 1523 · 2016
Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; create.
Court challenge: 2016: Federal District Court TRO / 2017 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voided TRO / 2018…
- Bill key
- MS-HB1523-2016
- State
- Mississippi
- Session
- 2016
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Law status
- Active
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 1523, 2016 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Miss. 2016) (enacted), http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1523.xml.
- Short citation
- Miss. H.B. 1523.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; Blanket exemptions for discrimination protection on the basis of "biological sex" for various facilities, medi…
Curator notes
Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; model for later religious exemption bills; based on model bill from Project Blitz of Congressional Prayer Caucus; Religious Liberty Accommodations Act, also involvement from ADF
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Gunn | Republican | Representative | HD-056 | Primary sponsor |
| William Arnold | Republican | Representative | HD-003 | Primary sponsor |
| Scott Bounds | Republican | Representative | HD-044 | Primary sponsor |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Representative | HD-001 | Primary sponsor |
| Andy Gipson | Republican | Representative | HD-077 | Primary sponsor |
| William Shirley | Republican | Representative | HD-084 | Primary sponsor |
| Randy Boyd | Republican | Representative | HD-019 | Primary sponsor |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Representative | HD-025 | Primary sponsor |
Model-bill lineage
Model-bill templates this bill matches
- First Amendment Defense Act Derived
- Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Derived This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
- Preserving Religious Freedom Act (State RFRA) Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
- Preserving Religious Freedom in School Act Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
Bill text
- As introduced (20,917 characters)
- As enrolled or final (17,089 characters)
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