Testimony
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2023
- House Bill 1003 — Support for Single Mothers in College
- House Bill 1171 - Prohibiting Forced Abortions Senate
- House Bill 1249 - Fairness and Dignity in Sports Senate
- House Bill 1532 - Educational Choice Reimbursement Senate Appropriations
- House Bill 1136 -Religious Freedom
- House Bill 1534 - Waiver of certain adoption requirements for licensed foster care providers
- Senate Bill 2139 - Final Disposition of Indigent Persons
- Senate Bill 2231 - Public Employees and Public Schools Pronoun Policies
- Senate Bill 2129 - Alternatives to Abortion House
- House Bill 1254 - Protection of Minors from Gender Transitioning Interventions
- SB 2185 - Pregnancy and Parenting Resource Website Senate
- Senate Bill 2150 - Abortion Law Revision House
- Senate Bill 2181 - Public Assistance for Pregnant Women
- Senate Bill 2071 - Medical Assistance for Pregnant Women
- House Bill 1177 - Diaper Sales Tax
- House Bill 1532 - Educational Choice Reimbursement Senate
- House Bill 1375 - Adoption Home Studies Senate
- HCR 3002 - Sports Gambling
- House Bill 1176 - Tax Credit for Adoption and for Contributions to Adoption Agencies, Maternity Homes, and Pregnancy Resource Centers
- House Bill 1139 - Birth Certificates
- Senate Bill 2341 - Residential Treatment Center for Trafficked Youth
- House Bill 1450 - Pregnant Workers Protection
- House Bill 1532 - Educational Choice Reimbursement
- House Bill 1375 - Adoption Home Studies
- Senate Bill 2231 - Public Employees and Public Schools Pronoun Policies
- House Bill 1254 - Protection of Minors from Gender Transitioning Interventions
- House Bill 1301 - Protection of Minors from Gender Transitioning Interventions
- Senate Bill 2129 - Alternatives to Abortion
- House Bill 1249 - Fairness and Dignity in Sports
- House Bill 1171 - Prohibiting Forced Abortions
- SB 2182 Assistance to Pregnant Women
- House Bill 1136 - Religious Freedom
- HB 1176 tax credit for adoption and contributions to pregnancy centers
- HB 1177 to repeal the diaper sales tax
- House Bill 1139 - Requirements for Birth Records
- Senate Bill 2150 - Abortion Law Revision
- SB 2185 - Pregnancy and Parenting Resource Website
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2021
- HB 1498 - Use of Deadly Force Senate
- HB 1410 - Protection of Religious Freedom Senate
- HB 1503 - Religious and Free Speech Rights of Students on State Campuses - Senate
- SCR 4010 - Equal Rights Amendment
- House Bill 1298 - Fairness in Sports - Senate Testimony
- Senate Bill 2181 — Religious Freedom During Emergency Orders
- House Bill 1420 — Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
- HB 1137 - Tax Credit for Contributions to Nonpublic Schools and Universities
- HB 1281 - Tax Credits for Nonpublic Students
- House Bill 1503 - Protection of Free Speech and Religious Rights on College Campuses
- HB 1498 - Use of Deadly Force
- SB 2288 - Education Scholarship Tax Credit
- HB 1410 - Protection of Religious Freedom
- HB 1415 - Assisted Suicide
- HB 1193 - Use of Deadly Force
- House Bill 1298 - Fairness in Sports
- House Bill 1369 - Education Empowerment Program
- House Bill 1297 - possession of a firearm at church and public gatherings
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2019
- Study of Implementation of Article XIV
- House Bill 1521 - Implementation of Article XIV Senate
- Senate Bill 2320 - Protection of Student Rights
- HB 1206 - Possession of a Firearm at a Church
- House Bill 1097 - Repeal of Sunday Morning Law
- Senate Bill 2222 - Female Genital Mutilation as Child Abuse
- House Bill 1336 - Woman’s Right to Know about Abortion Pill Reversal
- HB 1546 - Dismemberment Abortion
- House Bill 1441 - Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation
- Senate Bill 2148 - Ethics
- House Bill 1521 - Implementation of Article XIV
- Senate Bill 2222 - Female Genital Mutilation as Child Abuse
- HB 1497 - Use of Deadly Force in Defense of Premises and Property
- Senate Bill 2303 - Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- House Bill 1336 - Woman’s Right to Know about Abortion Pill Reversal
- HB 1325 - Possession of a Firearm at a Church
- HB 1310 - Possession of a Firearm at a Church
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2017
- Background Principles for Refugee Study
- House Bill 1163 -Repeal of Sunday Morning Law
- Senate Bill 2279 — Drug Testing for TANF Recipients
- House Bill 1308 — Drug Testing for TANF Recipients
- Senate Bill 2201 - Student Journalists on Private Campuses
- House Bill 1294 - Alkaline Hydrolysis for Disposal of Human Remains
- House Bill 1319 - Forced Identification in Birth Records
- HB 1012 and HB 1072: Economic Assistance and Alternatives to Abortion Program
- HB 1012 and HB 1072: Corporate Guardianship
- House Bill 1273 - Guns in Churches and Places of Worship
- House Bill 1386 - Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation
- House Bill 1383 - Loitering
- House Bill 1427 — determination of refugee absorptive capacity
- SB 2315 - Use of Deadly Force in Defense of Premises and Property
- HB 1425 — Enforcement of Foreign and Religious Laws
- House Bill 1163 -Repeal of Sunday Morning Law
- HCR 3033 — State-Owned Casinos
- HB 1425 — Enforcement of Foreign and Religious Laws
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2015
- House Bill 1471 - University Student Rights
- Senate Bill 2279 - Sexual Orientation - House Testimony
- Senate Bill 2275 - Forced Abortions in Human Trafficking House Testimony
- Senate Bill 2107 - Human Trafficking - House Judiciary
- Senate Bill 2351- Investor-Owned Farms - House Testimony
- Senate Bill 2351 - Investor-Owned Farms
- House Bill 1241: Firearms in Churches and Restricting Health Care Providers from Inquiring about Firearms
- Senate Bill 2107 - Human Trafficking
- Senate Bill 2199 - Victims of Human Trafficking
- Senate Bill 2219 - Human Trafficking Commission
- Senate Bill 2279 - Special Legal Protection for Sexual Activities/Orientation
- Senate Bill 2275 - Forced Abortion in Human Trafficking
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2013
- House Bill 1305 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act - Senate
- HCR 3037 - Repeal of Blaine Amendment
- HCR 4009 - Constitutional Right to Life
- SB 2368 Abortion After Ability to Feel Pain House Testimony
- SB 2303 Protection of Unborn Life - House
- SB 2305 - Physician Privileges
- House Bill 1456 - Abortion After Detectable Heartbeat - Senate Testimony
- SB 2252 Legal Protection for Sexual Acts (Written Testimony)
- SB 2252 Legal Protection for Sexual Acts (Oral Testimony)
- SB 2368 Abortion After Ability to Feel Pain
- House Bill 1385 Drug Testing for TANF and SNAP Recipients
- House Bill 1456 - Abortion After Detectable Heartbeat
- HB 1437 - Sunday Closing Law
- HB 1362 - Medicaid Expansion
- House Bill 1305 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act
- SB 2081 Medical Assistance for Gestational Carriers
- SCR 4003 - Recognizing School Choice Week
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2011
- House Bill 1297 - Abortion Enforcement Enhancement Act
- Senate Bill 2277 - Exemption to Sunday Closing Law
- House Bill 1450 - Definition of Human Being in Criminal Code
- House Bill 1297 - Abortion Enforcement Enhancement Act - Senate Testimony
- SCR 4014 - Religious Liberty for Ecumenical Patriarch
- House Bill 1438 - No Restrictions on Guns on Private Property
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2009
- HB 1268 - Eliminate Sales Tax on Clothing
- HB 1445 - Abortion Informed Consent
- SB 2283 - Health Coverage for Pregnant Women
- SB 2278 - Discrimination on Sexual Preferences House
- HB 1371 - Ultrasound Senate
- SB 2195 - Organ Donation House
- SB 2265 - Abortion Non-Coercion House
- HB 1445 - Abortion Informed Consent Senate
- HB 1478 SCHIP Senate
- SB 2265 - Abortion Non-Coercion Senate
- HCR 3015 - Anti-FOCA Resolution
- SB 2278 - Sexual Orientation
- HCR 3015 - Senate Testimony
- HB 1371 - Ultrasound
- SCR 4003 - Immigration
- SB 2195 - Organ Donation
- HB 1185- Human Trafficking
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2005
- House Bill 1474, Income Tax Deduction for Organ Donation
- Senate Bill 2166 (Treatment and Care for Pain)
- House Concurrent Resolution 3038, Organ Donation
- Senate Bill 2409 (Alternatives to Abortion Services Program)
- Senate Bill 2409 (Abortion Alternatives Services)
- Senate Bill 2099 (Expiration of Driver’s License for Nonresident Alien)
- House Bill 1012 Corporate Guardianship
- Senate Bill 2027 (Indigent Defense Services)
- Senate Bill 2028 (To Provide a Guardianship Services System)
- Senate Bill 2349 (to Provide an Office for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
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2003
- SB 2188 - Adoption Agency Freedom to Serve
- HB 1247 - Insurance Mandates for Contraception and Emergency Contraception
- SB 2364 - Including Unborn Children in Children's Health Insurance Program
- HB 1460 - Family Caps
- HB 1424 -- Ban on Human Cloning
- House Bill 1396 - Corporations in Farming and Ranching
- House Bill 1242 - Penalizing Women
- SB 2188 - Adoption Agency Freedom to Serve
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1999
- Senate Bill 2254 Partial Birth Abortion/Infanticide
- Senate Bill 2381 Limited English Proficiency Programs
- House Bill 1397 (County Zoning and Farm Practices)
- House Bill 1479 (TANF Work Requirements for New Mothers)
- Senate Bill 2362 (Relating to the Prevention of Assisted Suicide)
- Senate Bill 2413 (Human Rights Commission)
- Senate Bill 2320 (Relating to Withdrawal of Nutrition and Hydration from Incapacitated Persons)
- House Bill 1051 (Taxation of Charitable Properties)
- House Concurrent Resolution No. 3009 (Merger of Cargill and Continental Grain)
- Senate Bill 2355 (Zoning Districts and Regulations Affecting Farming and Ranching)
- House Bill 1397 (County Zoning and Farm Practices)
- House Bill 1480 (Tuition Tax Credits)
- Senate Bill 2254 (to prohibit killing a child while that child is partially born)
- Testimony Before the Commission on the Future of Agriculture
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