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Representative Nicks holds these committee assignments: (1)  Joint Performance Review, (2) City, County and Local Affairs, and (3) Public Transportation.<ref name=mnjr/> Nicks is the [[chaplain]] of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/Lists/Meetings/Attachments/22930/I13479.PDF|title=Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus|date=March 16, 2015||accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref>

Representative Nicks holds these committee assignments: (1)  Joint Performance Review, (2) City, County and Local Affairs, and (3) Public Transportation.<ref name=mnjr/> Nicks is the [[chaplain]] of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/Lists/Meetings/Attachments/22930/I13479.PDF|title=Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus|date=March 16, 2015||accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref>

In February 2015, Nicks was one of twenty legislators who opposed House Bill 1228, authored by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Ballinger]] of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas,<ref name=religiousfreedom/> which sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19610/51617/141580/prohibits-government-from-burdening-exercise-of-religion#.VSl8TsstEqQ|title=HB 1228|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref> Representative [[Camille Bennett]], a Democrat from Lonoke, called for a reworking of the legislation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read/category/General/article/the_associated_press-indiana_arkansas_try_to_stem_religious_objections-ap|title=Indiana, Arkansas try to stem religious objections uproar|publisher=Atlantic Broadband|date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015; information no longer on-line}}</ref> She claimed the Ballinger bill would establish a "type of religious litmus test" which could impact nearly any law under consideration by the legislature.<ref name=religiousfreedom>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox16.com/story/d/story/opponents-of-religious-freedom-bill-point-out-law/24249/AsrrUGLEdkuquASB01ZrLA|title=Opponents of Religious Freedom Bill Point Out Law Differences, Possible Unintended Consequences|publisher=Fox Channel 16|location=[[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]|date=April 1, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref> Ballinger's bill was subsequently signed into law in revised form, SB 975, by Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2015/04/02/house-committee-passes-new-rfra-bill-headed-for-full-house/70828864/|title=Gov. Hutchinson signs revised religious freedom bill; HB 1228 recalled|publisher=KTHV-TV|location=Little Rock|date=April 2, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref>

In February 2015, Nicks was one of twenty legislators who opposed House Bill 1228, authored by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Ballinger]] of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas,<ref name=religiousfreedom/> which sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19610/51617/141580/prohibits-government-from-burdening-exercise-of-religion#.VSl8TsstEqQ|title=HB 1228|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref> Representative [[Camille Bennett]], a Democrat from Lonoke, called for a reworking of the legislation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read/category/General/article/the_associated_press-indiana_arkansas_try_to_stem_religious_objections-ap|title=Indiana, Arkansas try to stem religious objections uproar|publisher=Atlantic Broadband|date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015; information no longer on-line}}</ref> She claimed the Ballinger bill would establish a "type of religious litmus test" which could impact nearly any law under consideration by the legislature.<ref name=religiousfreedom>"Opponents of Religious Freedom Bill Point Out Law Differences, Possible Unintended Consequences," Fox Channel 16 (Little Rock), April 1, 2015.

</ref> Ballinger's bill was subsequently signed into law in revised form, SB 975, by Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2015/04/02/house-committee-passes-new-rfra-bill-headed-for-full-house/70828864/|title=Gov. Hutchinson signs revised religious freedom bill; HB 1228 recalled|publisher=KTHV-TV|location=Little Rock|date=April 2, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref>

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