Child Protection Act (agency conscience exemptions)
Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document
A model bill that first appeared in 2017. 25 bills in 11 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.
- Subject
- Religious exemptions
- First appeared
- 2017
- Where its text comes from
- Model document. Its text is the model-bill document itself.
- Years filed
- 2009–2026
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 2 bills
- Derived 13 bills
- Shares provisions 10 bills
- 0 bills
1 matched bill was filed before the template first appeared (2017) and is marked in the lists below. It may be among the template's sources rather than a copy of it. How to read these pages
Bills matched to this model bill
Shares provisions (10)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX HB 3859 (2017) | Texas | Enacted | |
| IA HF 2273 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2193 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA HF 170 (2021) | Iowa | Failed | |
| KY HB 524 (2021) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| SC H 3801 (2023) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| ID H 578 (2024) | Idaho | Enacted | |
| AR HB 1669 (2025) | Arkansas | Enacted | |
| MT HB 655 (2025) | Montana | Enacted | |
| WY HB 149 (2025) | Wyoming | Failed |
10 bills
Data as of November 3, 2026.