2016 Regular Session Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; create. AN ACT TO CREATE THE "PROTECTING FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE FROM GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION ACT"; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS REGARDING A SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR MORAL CONVICTION FOR PERSONS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS; TO DEFINE A DISCRIMINATORY ACTION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY ASSERT A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT AS A CLAIM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REMEDIES; TO REQUIRE A PERSON BRINGING A CLAIM UNDER THIS ACT TO DO SO NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE DISCRIMINATORY ACTION WAS TAKEN; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 06/27/2016 at 11:17 H B 1523 House Bill 1523 HB 1523 H Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2016 334 Judiciary B F ../../House_cmtes/JB.xml Judiciary, Division A F ../../Senate_cmtes/JA.xml Gunn ../../House_authors/Gunn.xml Arnold ../../House_authors/Arnold.xml Bounds ../../House_authors/Bounds.xml Carpenter ../../House_authors/Carpenter.xml Gipson ../../House_authors/Gipson.xml Shirley ../../House_authors/Shirley.xml Boyd ../../House_authors/Boyd.xml Eubanks ../../House_authors/Eubanks.xml 1 02/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary B 2 02/18 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/19 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/19 (H) Amended 5 02/19 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/house/0460003.pdf 6 02/19 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Straughter, Gipson, Hood) 7 02/24 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 8 02/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate 9 03/11 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A 10 03/22 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 11 03/30 (S) Amended 12 03/30 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/senate/0860026.pdf 13 03/30 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered 14 03/31 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/senate/0870015.pdf 15 03/31 (S) Returned For Concurrence 16 04/01 (H) Concurred in Amend From Senate ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/house/0880002.pdf 17 04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Hughes, Gipson, Hood) 18 04/04 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 19 04/04 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 20 04/04 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 21 04/05 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/1500-1599/HB1523IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523IN.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/1500-1599/HB1523CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523CS.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/1500-1599/HB1523PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523PS.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.htm Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1523 ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1523.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1523.htm Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/ham/HB1523_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/ham/HB1523_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) Lost ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/ham/HB1523_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm ../../../../../documents/2016/html/ham/HB1523_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/house/0460002.pdf {Vote} Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 Lost ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_02.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_02.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 3 Lost ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_03.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_03.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 4 Lost ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_04.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/HB1523_S_Amend_04.htm ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/senate/0860024.pdf {Vote} N ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1523.pdf