Bill Text: TX HB3567 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 85-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3567-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Sanford, Cook, Riddle, Lozano, Harless, | H.B. No. 3567 | ||
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| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3567: | |||
| By: Geren | C.S.H.B. No. 3567 | ||
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| relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and | ||
| individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held | ||
| religious belief. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter G to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER G. FREEDOM OF RELIGION WITH RESPECT TO RECOGNIZING OR | ||
| PERFORMING CERTAIN MARRIAGES | ||
| Sec. 2.601. RIGHTS OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. A | ||
| religious organization, an organization supervised or controlled | ||
| by or in connection with a religious organization, an individual | ||
| employed by a religious organization while acting in the scope of | ||
| that employment, or a clergy or minister may not be required to | ||
| solemnize any marriage or provide services, accommodations, | ||
| facilities, goods, or privileges for a purpose related to the | ||
| solemnization, formation, or celebration of any marriage if the | ||
| action would cause the organization or individual to violate a | ||
| sincerely held religious belief. | ||
| Sec. 2.602. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION | ||
| PROHIBITED. A refusal to provide services, accommodations, | ||
| facilities, goods, or privileges under Section 2.601 is not the | ||
| basis for a civil or criminal cause of action or any other action by | ||
| this state or a political subdivision of this state to penalize or | ||
| withhold benefits or privileges, including tax exemptions or | ||
| governmental contracts, grants, or licenses, from any protected | ||
| organization or individual. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
