Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. In the Faith Behind Bars Act, changes definitions of "chaplaincy services" and "undue burden". Provides that a committed person has a right (rather than a constitutional right) to practice his or her faith group in a correctional institution or facility absent or without undue burden to the State's correctional system. Provides that absent harm or undue burden a correctional institution or facility shall provide reading materials for diverse faith groups. Provides in determining whether an action would result in an undue burden, warden or chief administrative officer of the correctional institution or facility shall consider security requirements that are necessary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0331 [HB3055 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Theresa Mah [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maurice West [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nabeela Syed [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-081	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dagmara Avelar [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Hoan Huynh [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sonya Harper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Ortiz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Hastings [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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