2015 RFRA Tracker

Plans to Introduce State RFRA

• Georgia
  • Max Blau, Georgia’s “religious freedom” bill to return in 2015 legislative session, Creative Loafing Atlanta (11/17/14)
• Indiana
  • Tony Cook and Marisa Kwiatkowski, Religious freedom bill coming to Indiana, Indianapolis Star (12/26/14)
• Kansas
  • Bryan Lowryeagle, Kansas religious conservatives want to revive controversial ‘religious freedom’ bill, Topeka Bureau (12/08/14)
• Michigan
• Texas?

Plans to Increase Current Religious Freedom Protection

• Kansas
  • Bryan Lowryeagle, Kansas religious conservatives want to revive controversial ‘religious freedom’ bill, Topeka Bureau (12/08/14)
• Texas
  • replace “substantial burden” with “any burden”

2014-15 Federal RFRA Cases

• Hobby Lobby

2014-15 Religious Exemptions for Performing Same-Sex Marriages

• Georgia
• Michigan
• North Carolina – Plans to introduce bill that would protect the jobs of magistrates, registrars of deeds and their employees who refuse to officiate at weddings for members of the same-sex if their refusal is based on religious beliefs.
• Wisconsin
• Utah – Likely to introduce legislation ensuring that churches and clergy won’t be forced to perform marriages. See Lee Davidson, Utah governor: Gay marriage may drive religious-freedom law, The Salt Lake Tribune