Key Votes
SM 3 - Urges Congress to Authorize Religious Exemptions to Providing Birth Control - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Shawn Mitchell voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
Issues
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Health and Health Care
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Abortion and Reproductive
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Failed (Senate) (15-20) - April 27, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Urges Congress to Authorize Religious Exemptions to Providing Birth Control
Vote to pass a memorial that urges Congress and the President of the United States to allow religious exemptions to providing insurance coverage for contraception.
- Urges Congress to enact the “Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011”.
- Urges the President of the United States to provide a religious conscience exemption from Department of Health and Human Services regulations requiring employers to cover health care services that are contrary to their religious beliefs.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - March 1, 2012
Title: Urges Congress to Authorize Religious Exemptions to Providing Birth Control
Sponsors
- Greg Brophy (CO - R)
- Bill L. Cadman (CO - R)
- Kevin Grantham (CO - R)
- Ted Harvey (CO - R)
- Keith C. King (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steven A. 'Steve' King (CO - R)
- Kent D. Lambert (CO - R)
- Kevin Lundberg (CO - R)
- Shawn Mitchell (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tim Neville (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott W. Renfroe (CO - R)
- Ellen S. Roberts (CO - R)
- Mark Harold Scheffel (CO - R)