Preserving Religious Freedom Act (State RFRA)

Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document

A model bill that first appeared in 2017. 37 bills in 15 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
2010–2025
States
Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, U.S. Congress, West Virginia, Wyoming

Match levels

12 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

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Derived (3)

These bills are built on the template's text.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
GA HB 1023 (2014) Filed before the templateGeorgiaFailed
GA SB 377 (2014) Filed before the templateGeorgiaFailed
MS SB 2093 (2016) Filed before the templateMississippiFailed

3 bills

All model bills and families

Data as of November 3, 2026.