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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>"Opponents of Religious Freedom Bill Point Out Law Differences, Possible Unintended Consequences," Fox Channel 16 (Little Rock), April 1, 2015.

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>

"Indiana, Arkansas try to stem religious objections uproar," Atlantic Broadband, April 3, 2015.</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>"Gov. Hutchinson signs revised religious freedom bill; HB 1228 recalled," KTHV-TV (Little Rock), April 2, 2015.</ref>

</ref> Ballinger's bill was subsequently signed into law in revised form, SB 975, by Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>"Gov. Hutchinson signs revised religious freedom bill; HB 1228 recalled," KTHV-TV (Little Rock), April 2, 2015.</ref>