Medical Ethics and Diversity Act
Anti-LGBTQ+ Stand-in bill
A model bill that first appeared in 2021. 46 bills in 15 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.
- Subject
- Religious exemptions
- First appeared
- 2021
- Where its text comes from
- Stand-in bill. Its text is taken from an introduced bill used in place of a model-bill document: AR SB 289 (2021).
- Credited to
- Alliance Defending Freedom
- Years filed
- 2009–2026
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 1 bill
- Derived 22 bills
- Shares provisions 23 bills
- 0 bills
5 matched bills were filed before the template first appeared (2021) 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
Near-verbatim (1)
These bills carry the template's text nearly word for word.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR SB 444 (2025) | Arkansas | Enacted |
Derived (22)
These bills are built on the template's text.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC S 811 (2021) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| SD HB 1247 (2021) | South Dakota | Failed | |
| SC H 3518 (2022) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| SC H 4776 (2022) | South Carolina | Enacted | |
| ID H 308 (2023) | Idaho | Failed | |
| NC H 819 (2023) | North Carolina | Failed | |
| NC S 641 (2023) | North Carolina | Failed | |
| OK SB 887 (2023) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| WV SB 517 (2023) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| WY HB 234 (2023) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| ID H 672 (2024) | Idaho | Failed | |
| NE LB 810 (2024) | Nebraska | Failed | |
| OK HB 3214 (2024) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| RI S 2423 (2024) | Rhode Island | Failed | |
| TN HB 2935 (2024) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 2747 (2024) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| WV SB 560 (2024) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| OK SB 665 (2025) | Oklahoma | Pending | |
| RI S 305 (2025) | Rhode Island | Failed | |
| OK SB 1798 (2026) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| RI S 2483 (2026) | Rhode Island | Failed | |
| AR HB 1628 (2017) Filed before the template | Arkansas | Failed |
Shares provisions (23)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY SB 83 (2021) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| MT SB 245 (2021) | Montana | Failed | |
| NM SB 323 (2021) | New Mexico | Failed | |
| KY HB 58 (2023) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| MT HB 303 (2023) | Montana | Enacted | |
| KY HB 49 (2024) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| KY SB 239 (2024) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| OK SB 1883 (2024) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| VA HB 8 (2024) | Virginia | Failed | |
| VA SB 153 (2024) | Virginia | Failed | |
| ID H 59 (2025) | Idaho | Enacted | |
| OK HB 1224 (2025) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| OK SB 959 (2025) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| TN HB 1044 (2025) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 955 (2025) | Tennessee | Enacted | |
| VA HB 2605 (2025) | Virginia | Failed | |
| WY HB 115 (2025) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| WY HB 222 (2025) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| WV HB 5440 (2026) | West Virginia | Failed | |
| TN HB 1706 (2009) Filed before the template | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 1426 (2010) Filed before the template | Tennessee | Failed | |
| AR HB 1983 (2011) Filed before the template | Arkansas | Failed | |
| KY SB 90 (2020) Filed before the template | Kentucky | Failed |
46 bills
Data as of November 3, 2026.