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\nSacramento, CA\u2014California Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties) withdrew SB 360, a bill that would have required clergy to report certain confessions to the government. The Bill would have further restricted ministers by excluding clergy penitential communications from long established legal protections including \u201cspiritual direction\u201d and \u201creligious counseling.\u201d
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\nAfter SB 360 passed the Senate with a 30-4 vote and moved to the Assembly\u2019s Public Safety Committee, Pacific Justice Institute\u2013Center for Public Policy (PJI-CPP) sent a lengthy legal opinion letter to all of the Assembly members to oppose the Bill. On July 8 the Public Safety Committee published an analysis of SB 360 that mirrored the First Amendment concerns discussed in PJI-CPP\u2019s position letter. In a surprising reversal, Senator Hill pulled SB 360 the same day and published the announcement on his website July 9.
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\n\u201cThis proposed law could not be reconciled with the First Amendment,\u201d said PJI attorney Kevin Snider. \u201cSB 360 was an attempt to sweep away centuries of clergy-penitent protections, forcing clergy members to choose between criminal prosecution or spiritual peril.\u201d
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\nBrad Dacus, president of PJI, commented, \u201cWe are immensely relieved that this misguided legislation has been shelved this year. We commend our legislators who recognized that this Bill is harmful and raises grave constitutional problems for clergy protecting the confessions and confidences entrusted to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Praise God that there are still a few faithful people pushing back against the tide of evil. It should make us concerned to see that the vote for the bill originally passed 30 – 4! Time to enjoy our freedoms in America is slipping away quickly. Let’s work while it is day.
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Sacramento, CA\u2014California Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties) withdrew SB 360, a bill that would have required clergy to report certain confessions to the government. The Bill would have further restricted ministers by excluding clergy penitential communications from long established legal protections including \u201cspiritual direction\u201d and \u201creligious counseling.\u201d \u200b After SB 360 …<\/p>\n

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