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Eugene Volokh

Tennessee Generally Bans Political and Religious Discrimination by Financial Institutions

From a newly enacted bill:

A financial institution shall not deny or cancel its services to a person, or otherwise discriminate against a person in making available such services or in the terms or conditions of such services, on the basis of:

(1) The person's political opinions, speech, or affiliations;

(2) Except [for a financial institution that claims a religious purpose], the person's religious beliefs, religious exercise, or religious affiliations;

(3) Any factor if it is not a quantitative, impartial, and risk-based standard, including any such factor related to the person's business sector; or

(4) The use of a rating, scoring, analysis, tabulation, or action that considers a social credit score based on factors including:

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