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SB 284 — "First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia"

Senate Read and Referred

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to prohibit discriminatory action against a person who believes, speaks, or acts in accordance with a 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 relations are properly reserved to such marriage; to provide for definitions; to provide for the granting of relief; to provide for construction and application; to provide for waiver of sovereign immunity under certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Senate Read and Referred

Legislative term
Georgia General Assembly 2015-2016
Session
2015-2016 Regular Session
Chamber or committee
Georgia Senate
Measure type
Bill
Introduced
Jan 22, 2016

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Tyler Harper

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 7 · From Jan 14, 2013
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=26; Harper, Tyler; sponsorship listed in session 24; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Jan 22, 2016

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