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July 9, 2009
House Bill 1598: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Author:
Rep. Susan M. Lynn
Summary:
This bill is a companion bill to Senate Bill 1283. It would prohibit the government from substantially burdening a person’s free exercise of religion unless it demonstrated that such burden was essential to further a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest.
Status:
| 2/18/2009 |  | (House) Filed for introduction |
| 2/19/2009 | | (House) Introduced |
| 2/23/2009 | | (House) Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 2/25/2009 | | (House) Assigned to Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee |
| 2/25/2009 | | (House) Assigned to Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee |
| 3/25/2009 | | (House) Placed on Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee calendar for 3/31/2009 |
| 3/31/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 4/7/2009 |
| 4/1/2009 | | (House) Placed on Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee calendar for 4/7/2009 |
| 4/7/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 4/14/2009 |
| 4/8/2009 | | (House) Placed on Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee calendar for 4/14/2009 |
| 4/14/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 4/15/2009 |
| 4/15/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 4/21/2009 |
| 4/15/2009 | | (House) Placed on Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee calendar for 4/21/2009 |
| 4/21/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 4/28/2009 |
| 4/22/2009 | | (House) Placed on Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee calendar for 4/28/2009 |
| 4/28/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 5/5/2009 |
| 4/29/2009 | | (House) Placed on Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee calendar for 5/5/2009 |
| 5/5/2009 | | (House) Action deferred in Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee to 5/6/2009 |
| 5/6/2009 | | (House) Recommended for passing if amended by subcommittee; referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 5/6/2009 | | (House) Placed on Judiciary Committee calendar for 5/13/2009 |
| 5/13/2009 | | (House) Recommended for passing if amended; referred to Calendar and Rules Committee |
| 5/22/2009 | | (House) Placed on Calendar and Rules Committee calendar for 5/27/2009 |
| 5/27/2009 | | (House) Placed on regular calendar for 5/28/2009 |
| 5/28/2009 | | (House) Adopted Amendment No. 1 |
| 5/28/2009 | | (House) Passed as amended; Yes 89, No 1, Present and not voting 1 |
| 5/28/2009 | | (House) Engrossed; ready for transmission to Senate |
| 6/2/2009 | | (Senate) Received from House, passed first consideration |
| 6/16/2009 | | (Senate) House Bill 1598 substitutes companion Senate Bill 1283 |
| 6/16/2009 | | (Senate) Amendment No. 2 tabled |
| 6/16/2009 | | (Senate) Passed; Yes 25, No 7 |
| 6/18/2009 | | (House) Enrolled; ready for signature of speaker |
| 6/19/2009 | | (House) Signed by Speaker |
| 6/19/2009 | | (Senate) Signed by Speaker |
| 6/19/2009 | | (House) Transmitted to governor for his action |
| 7/1/2009 | | Signed by the Governor |
| 7/7/2009 | | Effective date 7/1/2009 |
| 7/7/2009 | | Becomes Public Chapter 573 |
HSLDA’s Position:
This bill should be supported.
Action Requested:
None at this time.
 Other Resources |
Bill Text (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
