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Introduced Session

Religious freedom; solemnization of marriage. Provides that no person shall be (i) required to participate in the solemnization of any marriage or (ii) subject to any penalty by the Commonwealth, or its political subdivisions or representatives or agents, solely on account of such person's belief, speech, or action in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman. The bill defines "person" as any (a) religious organization; (b) organization supervised by or controlled by or operated in connection with a religious organization; (c) individual employed by a religious organization while acting in the scope of his paid or volunteer employment; (d) successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing; or (e) clergy member or minister. The bill also defines "penalty." This bill is identical to SB 1324.

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Nicholas Freitas (R)*,  Richard Bell (R),  Mark Cole (R),  James Edmunds (R),  C. Matthew Fariss (R),  David LaRock (R),  Robert Marshall (R),  Margaret Ransone (R),  Tony Wilt (R),  Thomas Wright (R), 

House sustained Governor's veto (on 04/05/2017)

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