Bill Sponsors: TN HB1840 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly
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 23-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-02 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 926 [HB1840 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-02 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 926 [HB1840 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Dan Howell [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-022 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Courtney Rogers [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-045 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jerry Sexton [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-035 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative David Byrd [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-071 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Sheila Butt [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-064 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jason Zachary [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-014 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Kevin Brooks [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-024 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Cameron Sexton [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-025 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jeremy Durham [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-065 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Terri Lynn Weaver [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-040 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative David Alexander [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-039 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jay Reedy [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-074 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jimmy Eldridge [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-073 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Mike Carter [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-029 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Susan Lynn [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-057 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Dennis Powers [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-036 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative John Ragan [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-033 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Bud Hulsey [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-002 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jamie Jenkins [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-094 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Ron Lollar [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-099 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Sabi Kumar [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-066 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Marc Gravitt [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-030 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Mike Sparks [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-049 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |