Alabama
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 21
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Religious Imposition
This law topic summary was last updated on: May 04, 2017
Religious Imposition laws cover a range of legislation designed to shield private individuals and businesses from complying with nondiscrimination laws and to affirmatively deny services such as employment, housing, and reproductive health care based on a religious objection to that service. Religious Imposition laws exist on both the federal and the state level and take the form of Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs), which create a statutory model for those with religious objections to laws of general applicability like the Affordable Care Act to avoid compliance with those laws based on religious objection.
Other Religious Imposition laws take the form of conscience-refusal laws that permit civil servants, health-care workers, and others to deny services or products based on a moral or religious objection to the person serviced or the product requested. Still other forms of Religious Imposition laws—such as anti-transgender legislation—target specific groups and seek to shield businesses and individuals from actions that would otherwise be discriminatory on the basis of a religious or moral objection to LGBTQ individuals.
These maps illustrate how Religious Imposition laws are sweeping through state legislatures across the nation.
The first map shows all activity in states related to Religious Imposition laws. The darker the color, the more Religious Imposition legislative activity in that state. Hover over a state to get more detail and click to see all Religious Imposition related laws for that state.
In the second set of maps you can see at a glance which states have laws that have been passed by state legislatures and are currently in effect.
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Alaska
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Arizona
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 7
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Arkansas
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 16
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, Anti-Transgender, RFRA
California
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Colorado
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 7
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Connecticut
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Delaware
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
District of Columbia
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database none
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Federal
0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database none
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Florida
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 13
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Georgia
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 13
4 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Hawaii
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 10
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Idaho
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Illinois
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 8
4 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Indiana
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 14
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Iowa
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 8
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Kansas
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 12
7 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA, Anti-Transgender
Kentucky
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 13
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Louisiana
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 8
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Maine
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 11
10 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Maryland
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Massachusetts
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 11
6 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Michigan
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 13
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Minnesota
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 15
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Mississippi
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 15
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Missouri
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 43
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Montana
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Nebraska
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Nevada
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
New Hampshire
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
New Jersey
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
New Mexico
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
New York
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
North Carolina
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 13
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Anti-Transgender, Religious Freedom, Conscience and Refusal Clauses
North Dakota
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Ohio
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Oklahoma
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 31
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Oregon
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Pennsylvania
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 8
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Rhode Island
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
South Carolina
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 15
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom
South Dakota
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 8
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Tennessee
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 31
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Texas
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 42
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Utah
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Vermont
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database none
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Virginia
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 26
6 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Washington
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 17
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
West Virginia
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 7
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Wisconsin
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Wyoming
s 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
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