2016 Regular Session Marriage; provide that certain persons shall not be required to officiate if such action would violate a sincerely held religious belief. AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, CLERGY, MINISTERS AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OFFICIATE ANY MARRIAGE OR PROVIDE SERVICES IF THAT ACTION WOULD CAUSE THE ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL TO VIOLATE A SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEF; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REFUSAL TO SOLEMNIZE ANY MARRIAGE OR PROVIDE SERVICES BASED ON A RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS NOT THE BASIS FOR A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CAUSE OF ACTION AND PROTECTED ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS SHALL NOT BE PENALIZED OR HAVE BENEFITS WITHHELD FOR REFUSING SUCH SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/14/16 at 17:08 H B 737 House Bill 737 HB 737 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2016 Judiciary A T ../../House_cmtes/JA.xml Lamar ../../House_authors/Lamar.xml 1 02/08 (H) Referred To Judiciary A 2 02/16 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/25 (H) Recommitted to Committee 4 02/25 (H) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0737CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0737CS.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0737IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0737IN.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0737CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0737CS.htm N ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0737.pdf