2016 Utah Code
Title 63G - General Government
Chapter 20 - Religious Protections in Relation to Marriage, Family, or Sexuality
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/12/2015
63G-20-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:

• (1) "Government retaliation" means an action by a state or local government or an action by a state or local government official that:
  • (a) is taken in response to a person's exercise of a protection contained in Section 17-20-4, 63G-20-201, or 63G-20-301; and
  • (b)
    • (i) imposes a formal penalty on, fines, disciplines, discriminates against, denies the rights of, denies benefits to, or denies tax-exempt status to a person; or
    • (ii) subjects a person to an injunction or to an administrative claim or proceeding.

• (2)
  • (a) "Religious official" means an officer or official of a religion, when acting as such.
  • (b) "Religious official" includes an individual designated by the religion as clergy, minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, imam, bishop, stake president, or sealer, when that individual is acting as such.

• (3) "Religious organization" means:
  • (a) a religious organization, association, educational institution, or society;
  • (b) a religious corporation sole; or
  • (c) any corporation or association constituting a wholly owned subsidiary, affiliate, or agency of any religious organization, association, educational institution, society, or religious corporation sole.

• (4) "Sexuality" includes legal sexual conduct, legal sexual expression, sexual desires, and the status of a person as male or female.

• (5) "State or local government" means:
  • (a) a state government entity, agency, or instrumentality; or
  • (b) a local government entity, agency, or instrumentality.

• (6) "State or local government official" means an officer, employee, or appointee of a state or local government.

Enacted by Chapter 46, 2015 General Session