Health Care Rights of Conscience Act (AR SB1141)

Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document

A model bill that first appeared in 2005. 29 bills in 12 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.

Subject
Religious exemptions
First appeared
2005
Where its text comes from
Model document. Its text is the model-bill document itself.
Years filed
2005–2026
States
Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia

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Bills matched to this model bill

Near-verbatim (1)

These bills carry the template's text nearly word for word.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
AL SB 457 (2010)AlabamaFailed

Derived (22)

These bills are built on the template's text.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
WV SB 673 (2005)West Virginia2005 (year only)Failed
AL HB 609 (2006)Alabama2006 (year only)Failed
RI HB 6793 (2006)Rhode Island2006 (year only)Failed
RI SB 2804 (2006)Rhode Island2006 (year only)Failed
WV SB 41 (2006)West Virginia2006 (year only)Failed
TN HB 1706 (2009)TennesseeFailed
AL SB 312 (2010)AlabamaFailed
AL SB 322 (2010)AlabamaFailed
AL SB 366 (2010)AlabamaFailed
HI SB 257 (2010)HawaiiFailed
TN SB 1426 (2010)TennesseeFailed
WA HB 1687 (2010)WashingtonFailed
AL HB 178 (2011)AlabamaFailed
AR HB 1983 (2011)ArkansasFailed
AL HB 95 (2017)AlabamaEnacted
AL SB 185 (2017)AlabamaFailed
AR HB 1628 (2017)ArkansasFailed
NH HB 1787 (2018)New HampshireFailed
VT H 183 (2023)VermontFailed
MS HB 1422 (2025)MississippiFailed
NH HB 232 (2025)New HampshirePending
NH HB 232 (2026)New HampshireVetoed

Shares provisions (6)

These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
TX HB 2892 (2019)TexasFailed
TX SB 1107 (2019)TexasFailed
AR SB 289 (2021)ArkansasEnacted
KY HB 58 (2023)KentuckyFailed
TN HB 2935 (2024)TennesseeFailed
TN SB 2747 (2024)TennesseeFailed

29 bills

All model bills and families

Data as of November 7, 2026.