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Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Nov 14, 2016
HB 1107
Failed to Pass
Jan 26, 2016
Co-sponsors: 38
Primary Sponsors: 2
Total Sponsors: 40
HB 1107 would create government protections for “sincerely held” religious beliefs or moral convictions for people, religious organizations, and private associations. The bill would allow public and private businesses to legally refuse services or use of facilities to LGBTQ people based on the owner’s religious belief.
HB 1107 states that the sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by this act are the belief or conviction that:
The bill would prohibit the state from taking any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that the person believes, speaks, or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.
The bill specifies what a discriminatory or adverse action means when taken by the state against such a person.
The bill provides that a person may assert an actual or threatened violation of the bill as a cause of action in any judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain compensatory damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or any other appropriate relief.
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