Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (H.R. 3133)
Anti-LGBTQ+ Model document
A model bill that first appeared in 2013. 45 bills in 18 states were matched to it. The full story: author, spread, ads, funding and lawsuits.
- Subject
- Religious exemptions
- First appeared
- 2013
- Where its text comes from
- Model document. Its text is the model-bill document itself.
- Years filed
- 2013–2025
- States
- Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Congress, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming
Match levels
- Near-verbatim 2 bills
- Derived 17 bills
- Shares provisions 26 bills
- 0 bills
Bills matched to this model bill
Near-verbatim (2)
These bills carry the template's text nearly word for word.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| US HB 3133 (2013) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| US SB 1808 (2013) | U.S. Congress | Failed |
Derived (17)
These bills are built on the template's text.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA HB 707 (2015) | Louisiana | Failed | |
| US HB 2802 (2015) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| US SB 1598 (2015) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| HI HB 2181 (2016) | Hawaii | Failed | |
| HI HB 2532 (2016) | Hawaii | Failed | |
| IA HF 2207 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2211 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IL SB 2164 (2016) | Illinois | Failed | |
| MS HB 1523 (2016) | Mississippi | Enacted | |
| VA HB 773 (2016) | Virginia | Failed | |
| WA HB 2752 (2016) | Washington | Failed | |
| AR HB 2232 (2017) | Arkansas | Failed | |
| IL SB 64 (2018) | Illinois | Failed | |
| KY HB 372 (2018) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| US SB 2525 (2018) | U.S. Congress | Failed | |
| WA HB 1178 (2018) | Washington | Failed | |
| MI HB 4075 (2023) | Michigan | Failed |
Shares provisions (26)
These bills borrow some of the template's provisions.
| Bill | State | Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN HB 2467 (2014) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TN SB 2566 (2014) | Tennessee | Failed | |
| TX HB 3602 (2015) | Texas | Failed | |
| TX SB 1799 (2015) | Texas | Failed | |
| GA SB 284 (2016) | Georgia | Failed | |
| IA SF 2043 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2044 (2016) | Iowa | Failed | |
| WA HB 2631 (2016) | Washington | Failed | |
| WY HB 98 (2016) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| TX HB 1923 (2017) | Texas | Failed | |
| TX HB 3859 (2017) | Texas | Enacted | |
| TX SB 893 (2017) | Texas | Failed | |
| WY HB 135 (2017) | Wyoming | Failed | |
| CO HB 1206 (2018) | Colorado | Failed | |
| CO SB 241 (2018) | Colorado | Failed | |
| OK SB 1250 (2018) | Oklahoma | Failed | |
| CO HB 1140 (2019) | Colorado | Failed | |
| CO HB 1033 (2020) | Colorado | Failed | |
| IA HF 2273 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2193 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA SF 2194 (2020) | Iowa | Failed | |
| IA HF 170 (2021) | Iowa | Failed | |
| KY HB 495 (2022) | Kentucky | Failed | |
| SC H 3611 (2023) | South Carolina | Failed | |
| US HB 4820 (2023) | U.S. Congress | 2023 (year only) | Failed |
| SC H 3121 (2025) | South Carolina | Pending |
45 bills
Data as of November 7, 2026.