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

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These bills are built on the template's text.

BillStateIntroducedStatus
LA HB 707 (2015)LouisianaFailed
US HB 2802 (2015)U.S. CongressFailed
US SB 1598 (2015)U.S. CongressFailed
HI HB 2181 (2016)HawaiiFailed
HI HB 2532 (2016)HawaiiFailed
IA HF 2207 (2016)IowaFailed
IA SF 2211 (2016)IowaFailed
IL SB 2164 (2016)IllinoisFailed
MS HB 1523 (2016)MississippiEnacted
VA HB 773 (2016)VirginiaFailed
WA HB 2752 (2016)WashingtonFailed
AR HB 2232 (2017)ArkansasFailed
IL SB 64 (2018)IllinoisFailed
KY HB 372 (2018)KentuckyFailed
US SB 2525 (2018)U.S. CongressFailed
WA HB 1178 (2018)WashingtonFailed
MI HB 4075 (2023)MichiganFailed

17 bills

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Data as of November 7, 2026.