Bill Text: TX HB4512 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the rights of persons relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB4512 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4512-Introduced.html
By: Cain | H.B. No. 4512 |
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relating to the rights of persons relating to a marriage that | ||
violates a sincerely held religious belief. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2.601, Family Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2.601. RELIGIOUS RIGHTS RELATED TO SOLEMNIZING OR | ||
PROVIDING SERVICES FOR MARRIAGE CEREMONY [ |
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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 of the organization or individual. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2.602, Family Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2.602. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEF | ||
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services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges under | ||
Section 2.601 is not the basis for: | ||
(1) a civil cause of action by any person; or | ||
(2) a 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 3. Section 2.602, Family Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues or an action | ||
taken on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2019. |