Alabama
House 100
Republicans 72 Democrats 28
Senate 0
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 22
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
This law topic summary was last updated on: December 13, 2018
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.
Database includes all anti-LGBTQ bills introduced since the 2015 legislative session.
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Republicans 72 Democrats 28
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 22
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 23 Democrats 15 Independent 2
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 7
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 31 Democrats 29
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 7
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 78 Democrats 22
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 18
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, Anti-Transgender, RFRA
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 24 Democrats 41
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 11
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
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
Republicans 7 Democrats 14
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database none
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database none
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
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
Republicans 34 Democrats 22
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 15
6 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA, Conscience and Refusal Clauses
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 10
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 28 Democrats 7
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 10
4 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 39 Democrats 11
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 16
4 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 17
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 18
9 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA, Anti-Transgender
Republicans 30 Democrats 8
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 16
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, Conscience and Refusal Clauses, RFRA
Republicans 63 Democrats 35 Independent 2
Republicans 27 Democrats 12
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
Republicans 13 Democrats 21
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 11
10 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 23 Democrats 76 Independent 1
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 16
6 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 55 Democrats 45
Republicans 22 Democrats 16
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 14
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 64 Democrats 70
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 15
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 17
4 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA, Anti-Transgender
Republicans 24 Democrats 10
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 54
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 30 Democrats 20
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Republicans 15 Democrats 25
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 3
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Republicans 25 Democrats 45
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 7
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 25 Democrats 74
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 14
3 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Anti-Transgender, Religious Freedom, Conscience and Refusal Clauses
Republicans 80 Democrats 14
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 64 Democrats 35
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 6
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 35
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 23 Democrats 37
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 2
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Republicans 113 Democrats 90
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 10
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Anti-Transgender, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 1
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 63 Democrats 37
Republicans 30 Democrats 16
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 19
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 62 Democrats 8
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 15
1 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 46
9 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Anti-Transgender, Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Republicans 61 Democrats 39
Republicans 18 Democrats 13
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 67
5 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom, RFRA
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 6
2 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Related to: Conscience and Refusal Clauses, Religious Freedom
Republicans 47 Democrats 90 Independent 4
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database none
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
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
Republicans 41 Democrats 57
Republicans 20 Democrats 29
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 17
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Republicans 76 Democrats 23
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 8
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Republicans 60 Democrats 38
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 4
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
Republicans 51 Democrats 7 Independent 1
Total Religious Imposition Laws in the Database 5
0 Active Religious Imposition Laws in the Database
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