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
States
Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming

Match levels

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

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Derived (22)

These bills are built on the template's text.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
SC S 811 (2021)South CarolinaFailed
SD HB 1247 (2021)South DakotaFailed
SC H 3518 (2022)South CarolinaFailed
SC H 4776 (2022)South CarolinaEnacted
ID H 308 (2023)IdahoFailed
NC H 819 (2023)North CarolinaFailed
NC S 641 (2023)North CarolinaFailed
OK SB 887 (2023)OklahomaFailed
WV SB 517 (2023)West VirginiaFailed
WY HB 234 (2023)WyomingFailed
ID H 672 (2024)IdahoFailed
NE LB 810 (2024)NebraskaFailed
OK HB 3214 (2024)OklahomaFailed
RI S 2423 (2024)Rhode IslandFailed
TN HB 2935 (2024)TennesseeFailed
TN SB 2747 (2024)TennesseeFailed
WV SB 560 (2024)West VirginiaFailed
OK SB 665 (2025)OklahomaPending
RI S 305 (2025)Rhode IslandFailed
OK SB 1798 (2026)OklahomaFailed
RI S 2483 (2026)Rhode IslandFailed
AR HB 1628 (2017) Filed before the templateArkansasFailed

22 bills

All model bills and families

Data as of November 3, 2026.