The Florida Senate

HB 4189: Religious Freedom

JOINT RESOLUTION by Starks

Religious Freedom; constitutional amendment to provide that state may not substantially burden free exercise of religion, even if burden results from rule of general applicability, unless state demonstrates that application of burden is in furtherance of compelling interest & is least-restrictive means of furthering that compelling interest. Amends s. 3, Art. I.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/13/1998	House	• Filed
  3/17/1998	House	• Introduced -HJ 00232
  4/7/1998	House	• Referred to Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Corrections (JC) -HJ 00463
  5/1/1998	House	• Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Claims (JC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 3201 (Ch. 98-412)

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• HB 4189, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 11:09 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 3203	Religious Freedom	Starks	Similar	Last Action: 3/4/1998 H Withdrawn from Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Withdrawn from further cons.,Iden/Sim/Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 3201 (Ch. 98-412) -HJ 00120 Location:
  S 298 (c1)	Religious Freedom	Grant	Similar	Last Action: 5/1/1998 S Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 3201 (Ch. 98-412) Location:
  H 3201 (e1)		Starks	Compare	Last Action: 6/17/1998 Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-412 Location:
  S 296 (c1)	Religious Freedom Restoration Act	Grant	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/1998 S Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01522, -SJ 01808; House Bill substituted -SJ 01642; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 3201 (Ch. 98-412) Location:

  Citations - Constitution (1)

  Article	Section	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  I	Section 3

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