Religion
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the entitlement to benefits for chaplains employed by certain fire departments, police departments, and other law enforcement agencies. [HB-2387]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Pensions ]
Relating to the entitlement to benefits for chaplains employed by certain fire departments, police departments, and other law enforcement agencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Leo-Wilson
Read First Time on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [SB-847]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Access, Guidance, and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) [SB-828]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
Prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel to access certain areas, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop guidance regarding immigration enforcement at certain sensitive locations and guidance regarding individuals interacting with certain federal personnel; and requiring certain schools, libraries and units of State government to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Third Reading Passed (34-13) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Curriculum Standards - Requirements (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) [SB-916]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring that certain curriculum guides and courses of study established by county boards of education be aligned with certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain content standards; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements [SB-936]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state. [SB-1073]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/23/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the procedure for resolving allegations of religious discrimination against a student at a public institution of higher education. [SB-1069]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Relating to the procedure for resolving allegations of religious discrimination against a student at a public institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Middleton
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/16/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course. [SB-1049]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil King
Sent To The Governor on 06/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Human Relations - Protection of the Free Exercise of Religion [HB-1019]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting a governmental authority, under certain circumstances, from burdening a person's exercise of religion; and authorizing a person aggrieved by a violation of the Act to obtain certain relief in a civil action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stuart Schmidt
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Human Remains, Pet Remains, and Cemeteries - Prohibitions [HB-1000]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "permanent cemetery" to include a cemetery owned by a family or religious organization; prohibiting a person from tampering with human remains interred in a cemetery; altering certain penalties relating to prohibitions against removal of human remains from a burial site; prohibiting a person from damaging, desecrating, mutilating, storing, tampering with, trafficking, or transporting human remains; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act) [SB-709]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while hiding or concealing their face; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both for a first offense, and for subsequent offenses, imprisonment of up to 180 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both; and establishing certain affirmative defenses for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education - Curriculum - Importance of Diversity [SJR-5]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Acknowledging the importance of teaching a culturally diverse curriculum in elementary and secondary schools in the State; providing that curricula taught in elementary and secondary schools should include the history of communities that have experienced discrimination; and affirming the State of Maryland's commitment to a complete education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education - Curriculum - Importance of Diversity [HJR-5]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Acknowledging the importance of teaching a culturally diverse curriculum in elementary and secondary schools in the State; providing that curricula taught in elementary and secondary schools should include the history of communities that have experienced discrimination; and affirming the State of Maryland's commitment to a complete education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education [HB-875]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education to make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, and civics of the United States and Maryland and provide equitable learning outcomes consistent with certain provisions of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. [SB-965]
[Religion ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Sent To The Governor on 05/27/2025
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Montana 2025 Regular Session
Require schools to provide religious instruction released time program [HB-343]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Require schools to provide religious instruction released time program
Sponsored by: Rep. Randyn Gregg
Chapter Number Assigned on 05/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Human Remains, Pet Remains, and Cemeteries – Prohibitions [SB-616]
[Crime ]
[Animals ]
[Religion ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "permanent cemetery" to include a cemetery owned by a family or religious organization; prohibiting a person from tampering with human remains interred in a cemetery; altering certain penalties relating to prohibitions against removal of human remains from a burial site; prohibiting a person from damaging, desecrating, mutilating, storing, tampering with, trafficking, or transporting human remains; prohibiting a person from removing or attempting to remove pet remains from a cemetery; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Religious Freedom, Religious Tests, and Oaths and Affirmations [HB-822]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Altering and removing references requiring a belief in God from certain provisions relating to religious freedom, religious tests, and oaths and affirmations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access [HB-755]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Recreation ]
Prohibiting a cooperative housing corporation, condominium association, or homeowners association from requiring certain sensitive information of certain individuals as a condition for access to a recreational common area; and defining "sensitive information" as an individual's Social Security card or Social Security number, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, birth certificate, racial or ethnic origin, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, religious or philosophical beliefs, or medical records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 523 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Methodist Church Trust Requirement Repeal and Disaffiliation Requirements [SB-586]
[Religion ]
[Real Estate ]
[Nonprofit ]
Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or conveyance executed before June 1, 1953, does not exclude certain local churches from certain provisions of law; providing that a local church that disaffiliates from the United Methodist Conference shall retain ownership of its real property, subject to certain reimbursement requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025