US Congress Senate Bill 2525 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

First Amendment Defense Act This bill prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person speaks or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman or two individuals as recognized under federal law, or (2) sexual relations outside marriage are improper. The bill defines "person" as any person regardless of religious affiliation, except publicly traded for-profit entities; federal employees acting within the scope of their employment; federal for-profit contractors acting within the scope of their contract; or hospitals and other health care entities with respect to visitation, recognition of a designated representative for health care decisions, or refusal to provide medical treatment necessary to cure an illness or injury.

First Amendment Defense Act

Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]
Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2525/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2525/BILLS-115s2525is.pdf