Clergy Protection Act
Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document
A model bill that first appeared in 2017. 10 bills in 5 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
- 2015–2022
- States
- Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 0 bills
- Derived 1 bill
- Shares provisions 9 bills
- 0 bills
4 matched bills were filed before the template first appeared (2017) and are marked in the lists below. They may be among the template's sources rather than copies of it. How to read these pages
Bills matched to this model bill
Derived (1)
These bills are built on the template's text.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX HB 4512 (2019) | Texas | Failed |
Shares provisions (9)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO SB 1022 (2018) | Missouri | Failed | |
| NJ A 2864 (2018) | New Jersey | Failed | |
| NJ A 3782 (2020) | New Jersey | Failed | |
| NJ A 2638 (2022) | New Jersey | Failed | |
| NJ A 328 (2022) | New Jersey | Failed | |
| MN SF 2158 (2015) Filed before the template | Minnesota | Failed | |
| NJ A 4733 (2015) Filed before the template | New Jersey | Failed | |
| NJ A 1706 (2016) Filed before the template | New Jersey | Failed | |
| VA SB 41 (2016) Filed before the template | Virginia | Vetoed |
10 bills
Data as of November 3, 2026.