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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Shares provisions (34)

These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
WY HB 135 (2017)WyomingFailed
IA SF 2154 (2018)IowaFailed
IL SB 64 (2018)IllinoisFailed
OK SB 1250 (2018)OklahomaFailed
GA SB 221 (2019)GeorgiaFailed
IA HF 258 (2019)IowaFailed
IA SF 240 (2019)IowaFailed
WV HB 2985 (2019)West VirginiaFailed
IA SF 508 (2020)IowaFailed
WV HB 2985 (2020)West VirginiaFailed
IA SF 436 (2021)IowaFailed
MT SB 215 (2021)MontanaEnacted
NH HB 440 (2021)New HampshireFailed
WV HB 2545 (2021)West VirginiaFailed
NJ A 328 (2022)New JerseyFailed
WV HB 2545 (2022)West VirginiaFailed
AR HB 1615 (2023)ArkansasEnacted
IA HF 229 (2023)IowaFailed
MI HB 4075 (2023)MichiganFailed
GA SB 180 (2024)GeorgiaFailed
IA HF 2454 (2024)IowaFailed
IA HSB 614 (2024)IowaFailed
IA SF 2095 (2024)IowaEnacted
GA SB 36 (2025)GeorgiaEnacted
WY HB 207 (2025)WyomingEnacted
LA SB 606 (2010) Filed before the templateLouisianaEnacted
WV HB 2477 (2010) Filed before the templateWest VirginiaFailed
HI HB 2398 (2014) Filed before the templateHawaiiFailed
US HB 2802 (2015) Filed before the templateU.S. CongressFailed
US SB 1598 (2015) Filed before the templateU.S. CongressFailed
GA SB 284 (2016) Filed before the templateGeorgiaFailed
IL SB 2164 (2016) Filed before the templateIllinoisFailed
MS HB 1523 (2016) Filed before the templateMississippiEnacted
WY HB 98 (2016) Filed before the templateWyomingFailed

34 bills

All model bills and families

Data as of November 3, 2026.