
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Dec 7, 2017
This law is Anti–LGBTQ
SB 893
Failed to Pass
Feb 14, 2017
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 1
SB 893 would prohibit a government entity from taking any adverse action against any person based wholly or partly on a person’s belief or action in accordance with the person’s sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relationships are properly reserved to such a marriage.
The bill would allow a person to assert an actual or threatened violation as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding against the government and obtain:
The bill would allow the attorney general to bring an action for injunctive or declaratory relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity to enforce compliance.
If passed, the bill would allow private businesses to legally refuse services to LGBTQ people based on the owner’s religious belief.
Related Legislation
Companion bill to HB 1923.
Primary Sponsor