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HSB 593
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 20, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Government agencies cannot treat religious activities more strictly than non-religious activities that carry a similar risk. If a government entity must limit someone's religious practice, they have to prove it is necessary for a very important reason and is the least restrictive way to do it. People who feel their religious rights were unfairly limited can sue the government to seek payment for damages or to stop the government's actions.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits a governmental entity from burdening a person’s free exercise of religion. The bill prohibits governmental entities from treating religious conduct more restrictively than any secular conduct of reasonably comparable risk or treating religious conduct more restrictively than comparable secular conduct because of alleged economic need or benefit. _____ compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The bill provides that a person whose free exercise of religion has been burdened in violation of the bill may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding, and provides that the governmental entity may be liable for actual damages, attorney fees, costs, and other appropriate remedies. The bill also allows the person to obtain injunctive relief against the governmental entity.
House subcommittee
Named January 24, 2022. On January 27, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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Similar bills
- SF 2170 Prohibiting the burdening of a person’s free exercise of religion89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2284Nearly identical
- HSB 677 HSB 67789th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2437Very similar
- HSB 614 HSB 61490th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2454Similar
Matched by wording or an identical title.