US-SB1598-2015
U.S. Congress · SB 1598 · 2015
First Amendment Defense Act
- Bill key
- US-SB1598-2015
- State
- U.S. Congress
- Session
- 2015
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S. 1598, 114th Cong. (2015), https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1598/all-info.
- Short citation
- S. 1598.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
First Amendment Defense Act
Curator notes
Marriage and Religious Freedom (MRFA) model from 2013 H.R. 3133; aka First Amendment Defense Act (FADA); specifies exemptions from government penalties due to beliefs in heterosexual marriage only, of sex being reserved to such marriages, and actions related to those beliefs
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Lee | Republican | Senator | SD-UT | Primary sponsor |
37 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Vitter | Republican | Senator | SD-LA | Co-sponsor |
| Ted Cruz | Republican | Senator | SD-TX | Co-sponsor |
| Mike Crapo | Republican | Senator | SD-ID | Co-sponsor |
| Marco Rubio | Republican | Senator | SD-FL | Co-sponsor |
| James Inhofe | Republican | Senator | SD-OK | Co-sponsor |
| Pat Roberts | Republican | Senator | SD-KS | Co-sponsor |
| Michael Enzi | Republican | Senator | SD-WY | Co-sponsor |
| David Perdue | Republican | Senator | SD-GA | Co-sponsor |
| Jeff Sessions | Republican | Senator | SD-AL | Co-sponsor |
| Steve Daines | Republican | Senator | SD-MT | Co-sponsor |
| Lindsey Graham | Republican | Senator | SD-SC | Co-sponsor |
| Orrin Hatch | Republican | Senator | SD-UT | Co-sponsor |
| Tom Cotton | Republican | Senator | SD-AR | Co-sponsor |
| James Risch | Republican | Senator | SD-ID | Co-sponsor |
| Bill Cassidy | Republican | Senator | SD-LA | Co-sponsor |
| Mike Rounds | Republican | Senator | SD-SD | Co-sponsor |
| Roger Wicker | Republican | Senator | SD-MS | Co-sponsor |
| Ben Sasse | Republican | Senator | SD-NE | Co-sponsor |
| Richard Shelby | Republican | Senator | SD-AL | Co-sponsor |
| John Thune | Republican | Senator | SD-SD | Co-sponsor |
| James Lankford | Republican | Senator | SD-OK | Co-sponsor |
| Deb Fischer | Republican | Senator | SD-NE | Co-sponsor |
| John Cornyn | Republican | Senator | SD-TX | Co-sponsor |
| John Hoeven | Republican | Senator | SD-ND | Co-sponsor |
| Johnny Isakson | Republican | Senator | SD-GA | Co-sponsor |
| Daniel Coats | Republican | Senator | SD-IN | Co-sponsor |
| Thad Cochran | Republican | Senator | SD-MS | Co-sponsor |
| Ron Johnson | Republican | Senator | SD-WI | Co-sponsor |
| Dan Sullivan | Republican | Senator | SD-AK | Co-sponsor |
| John Boozman | Republican | Senator | SD-AR | Co-sponsor |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | Senator | SD-NC | Co-sponsor |
| Richard Burr | Republican | Senator | SD-NC | Co-sponsor |
| John Barrasso | Republican | Senator | SD-WY | Co-sponsor |
| John McCain | Republican | Senator | SD-AZ | Co-sponsor |
| Rand Paul | Republican | Senator | SD-KY | Co-sponsor |
| Tim Scott | Republican | Senator | SD-SC | Co-sponsor |
| Jerry Moran | Republican | Senator | SD-KS | Co-sponsor |
Model-bill lineage
Model-bill templates this bill matches
- First Amendment Defense Act Near-verbatim
- Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
- Preserving Religious Freedom Act (State RFRA) Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
- Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523) Shares provisions This bill predates the template: a likely source for it, not a copy of it.
Bill family
Part of a family of 3 similar bills in one state. View the family.
Similar bills
Bill text
- As introduced (9,659 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
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