Indiana Senate Bill 568 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Senator Leising added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Religious freedom restoration act. Provides that a state or local government action may not substantially burden a person's right to the exercise of religion unless it is demonstrated that applying the burden to the person's exercise of religion is: (1) essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and (2) the least restrictive means of furthering the compelling governmental interest. Provides that a person whose exercise of religion has been substantially burdened, or is likely to be substantially burdened, by a state or local government action may assert the burden as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, regardless of

Religious freedom restoration act. Provides that a state or local government action may not substantially burden a person's right to the exercise of religion unless it is demonstrated that applying the burden to the person's exercise of religion is: (1) essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and (2) the least restrictive means of furthering the compelling governmental interest. Provides that a person whose exercise of religion has been substantially burdened, or is likely to be substantially burdened, by a state or local government action may assert the burden as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, regardless of

Sen. Scott Schneider [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Brent Steele [R]	Sen. Carlin Yoder [R]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Amanda Banks [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. James Smith [R]
Sen. James Tomes [R]	Sen. Greg Walker [R]	Sen. Brent Waltz [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-05	Senate	Senator Leising added as coauthor
2015-02-02	Senate	Senator Waltz added as coauthor
2015-01-20	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-20	Senate	Coauthored by Senators Yoder, Buck, Banks A, Brown L, Smith J, Tomes, Walker
2015-01-20	Senate	Authored by Senator Schneider

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/568/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/9/1/f6915f8f/SB0568.01.INTR.pdf