Bill Title: Providing for voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools; requiring public school districts to allow religious expression in class assignments, to provide students with the freedom to organize religious groups and activities and to provide a limited public forum for student speakers at nongraduation and graduation events; and providing for a model policy for voluntary religious expression in public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2021-04-05 - Referred to EDUCATION [HB1097 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Robert Kauffman [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Perry Stambaugh [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-086	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daryl Metcalfe [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Francis Ryan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-101	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Hamm [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Zimmerman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-099	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Craig Staats [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-145	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brett Miller [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeff Wheeland [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jim Cox [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-129	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Rowe [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barry Jozwiak [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Gillen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-128	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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