Bill Text: MS HB493 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB493 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2023-HB493-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A; Constitution; Rules

By: Representatives Banks, Harness, Faulkner, Brown (70th), Clark, Gibbs, Hines, Hulum, McLean, Porter, Steverson, Thompson

House Bill 493

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 11-61-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972,  WHICH IS THE MISSISSIPPI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 11-62-1 THROUGH 11-62-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE PROTECTING FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE FROM GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-61-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, which is the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is repealed.

     SECTION 2.  Sections 11-62-1, 11-62-3, 11-62-5, 11-62-7, 11-62-9, 11-62-11, 11-62-13, 11-62-15, 11-62-17 and 11-62-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, which are the Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act, are repealed.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.