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Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state action burdens a person’s exercise of religion, and including effective date provisions
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- 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 General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the standard of judicial review when a state action burdens a person’s exercise of religion. Under current law, a court is not required to apply heightened scrutiny when reviewing a law that burdens a person’s exercise of religion when such law is generally applicable. The bill provides that a court shall apply the compelling interest test set forth in Sherbert v. 398 (1963), and Wisconsin v. 205 (1972), in such cases, so that government action cannot substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion unless the government demonstrates that applying the law of general applicability is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that a person whose exercise of religion has been burdened by government action may assert such violation as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
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Lobbying
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- SF 436 Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state …89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
- HF 258 Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state …88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 240 Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state …88th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 508 · same titleCleared committee
- SF 508 Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state …88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.