Preserving Religious Freedom in School Act
Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document
A model bill that first appeared in 2017. 43 bills in 13 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
- States
- Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 0 bills
- Derived 0 bills
- Shares provisions 3 bills
- 40 bills
6 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
Shares provisions (3)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA HB 922 (2018) | Georgia | Failed | |
| GA SB 361 (2018) | Georgia | Failed | |
| MS HB 1523 (2016) Filed before the template | Mississippi | Enacted |
Related (40)
These bills are on the same subject, but no shared text backs the match. This is not a claim that one copied the other.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC H 5363 (2020) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| NC SB 515 (2021) | North Carolina | 2021 (year only) | Failed |
| OH HB 454 (2021) | Ohio | Failed | |
| SC H 4153 (2021) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| AZ SB 1399 (2022) | Arizona | Enacted | |
| SC H 4605 (2022) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| SC H 4608 (2022) | South Carolina | Enacted | |
| MD HB 359 (2023) | Maryland | Failed | |
| AL SB 129 (2024) | Alabama | Enacted | |
| ID H 421 (2024) | Idaho | Enacted | |
| MD SB 381 (2024) | Maryland | Failed | |
| SC H 4535 (2024) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| SC H 4538 (2024) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| SC H 5407 (2024) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| SC S 1213 (2024) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| TN HB 1661 (2024) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 2173 (2024) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| MS HB 1193 (2025) | Mississippi | Enacted | |
| MT HB 819 (2025) | Montana | Enacted | |
| SC H 3094 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending | |
| SC S 240 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending | |
| SC S 54 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending | |
| TN HB 1270 (2025) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 937 (2025) | Tennessee | Enacted | |
| TX HB 214 (2025) | Texas | Failed | |
| TX HB 52 (2025) | Texas | Failed | |
| TX SB 762 (2025) | Texas | Failed | |
| TX SB 8 (2025) | Texas | Enacted | |
| ID H 572 (2026) | Idaho | Failed | |
| ID H 822 (2026) | Idaho | Enacted | |
| MS SB 2322 (2026) | Mississippi | Enacted | |
| TN HB 1872 (2026) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN HB 2198 (2026) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 2031 (2026) | Tennessee | Enacted | |
| TN SB 2208 (2026) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN HB 1706 (2009) Filed before the template | Tennessee | Failed | |
| AL SB 322 (2010) Filed before the template | Alabama | Failed | |
| AL SB 366 (2010) Filed before the template | Alabama | Failed | |
| HI SB 257 (2010) Filed before the template | Hawaii | Failed | |
| TN SB 1426 (2010) Filed before the template | Tennessee | Failed |
43 bills
Data as of November 7, 2026.