Roll Call: TN SB1556 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly
For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB1556 please see the Vote List
Bill Title: As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-02 - Pub. Ch. 926 [SB1556 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Bill Title: As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-02 - Pub. Ch. 926 [SB1556 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Vote: FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 27 | 1 | 26 |
| Nay | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 32 | 5 | 27 |
