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

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

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Shares provisions (3)

These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
GA HB 922 (2018)GeorgiaFailed
GA SB 361 (2018)GeorgiaFailed
MS HB 1523 (2016) Filed before the templateMississippiEnacted

3 bills

All model bills and families

Data as of November 7, 2026.