VA-HB773-2016
Virginia · HB 773 · 2016
Government Nondiscrimination Act; created.
- Bill key
- VA-HB773-2016
- State
- Virginia
- Session
- 2016
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- engrossed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 773, 2016 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Va. 2016), https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB773.
- Short citation
- Va. H.B. 773.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Government Nondiscrimination Act; creation. Creates the Government Nondiscrimination Act (the Act), which prohibits a government entity from taking any discriminatory action again…
Curator 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
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Gilbert | Republican | Representative | HD-015 | Primary sponsor |
| Les Adams | Republican | Representative | HD-016 | Primary sponsor |
| Mark Cole | Republican | Representative | HD-088 | Co-sponsor |
| James Edmunds | Republican | Representative | HD-060 | Co-sponsor |
| Timothy Hugo | Republican | Representative | HD-040 | Co-sponsor |
| Margaret Ransone | Republican | Representative | HD-099 | Co-sponsor |
| Thomas Wright | Republican | Representative | HD-061 | Co-sponsor |
Model-bill lineage
Model-bill templates this bill matches
- Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523) Shares provisions
- First Amendment Defense Act Shares provisions
- Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
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Bill text
- As introduced (6,665 characters)
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