Religious Liberty in the States Safeguards

Religious Freedom Restoration Act

This safeguard tracks whether a state had codified a RFRA before January 1, 2025, and if so, whether it is a statute or is part of the state’s constitution. Checkmarks reflect that RFRAs in either location constitute a safeguard.

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State	RFRA Location	Statute(s)	URL	Statute(s)
Alabama	● In State Constitution	Ala. Const. of 2022, art. I, §3.01	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/constitution	Ala. Const. of 2022, art. I, §3.01
Alaska	○ No RFRA
Arizona	● In State Statute	§41-1493.01	https://www.azleg.gov/ars/41/01493-01.htm	§41-1493.01
Arkansas	● In State Statute	§16-123-404	https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2020/title-16/subtitle-7/chapter-123/subchapter-4/section-16-123-404/	§16-123-404
California	○ No RFRA
Colorado	○ No RFRA
Connecticut	● In State Statute	§52-571b	https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_925.htm#sec_52-571b	§52-571b
Delaware	○ No RFRA
Florida	● In State Statute	§761.03.	http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0761/0761.html	§761.03.
Georgia	○ No RFRA
Hawaii	○ No RFRA
Idaho	● In State Statute	§73-402	https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title73/t73ch4/sect73-402/	§73-402
Illinois	● In State Statute	775 ILCS 35/15	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2272&ChapterID=64	775 ILCS 35/15
Indiana	● In State Statute	34-13-9-8	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2021/ic/titles/034#34-13-9-8	34-13-9-8
Iowa	● In State Statute	SF2095	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2095&ga=90&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery	SF2095
Kansas	● In State Statute	60-5303	https://www.ksrevisor.org/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_053_0003.html	60-5303
Kentucky	● In State Statute	446.35	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=42395	446.35
Louisiana	● In State Statute	13:5233	https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=725125	13:5233
Maine	○ No RFRA
Maryland	○ No RFRA
Massachusetts	○ No RFRA
Michigan	○ No RFRA
Minnesota	○ No RFRA
Mississippi	● In State Statute	§11-61-1	https://advance.lexis.com/api/document/collection/statutes-legislation/id/8P6B-7Y92-8T6X-73X2-00008-00?cite=Miss.%20Code%20Ann.%20%C2%A7%2011-61-1&context=1000516	§11-61-1
Missouri	● In State Statute	§1.302	https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=1.302	§1.302
Montana	● In State Statute	27-33-105	https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0330/part_0010/section_0050/0270-0330-0010-0050.html	27-33-105
Nebraska	● In State Statute	LB 43	https://legiscan.com/NE/text/LB43/2023	LB 43
Nevada	○ No RFRA
New Hampshire	○ No RFRA
New Jersey	○ No RFRA
New Mexico	● In State Statute	28-22-3	https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4365/index.do#!b/28-22-3	28-22-3
New York	○ No RFRA
North Carolina	○ No RFRA
North Dakota	● In State Statute	14-02.4-08.1	https://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0193-02000.pdf	14-02.4-08.1
Ohio	○ No RFRA
Oklahoma	● In State Statute	51 §253	https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=104672	51 §253
Oregon	○ No RFRA
Pennsylvania	● In State Statute	§71-2403	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&yr=2002&sessInd=0&smthLwInd=0&act=0214.	§71-2403
Rhode Island	● In State Statute	§42-80.1-3	http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE42/42-80.1/42-80.1-3.HTM	§42-80.1-3
South Carolina	● In State Statute	§1-32-40	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c032.php	§1-32-40
South Dakota	● In State Statute	§1-1A-4	https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/2030381	§1-1A-4
Tennessee	● In State Statute	§4-1-407(b)-(d)	https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2020/title-4/chapter-1/part-4/section-4-1-407/	§4-1-407(b)-(d)
Texas	● In State Statute	CIV §110.003	https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.110.htm	CIV §110.003
Utah	● In State Statute	SB 150	https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0150.html	SB 150
Vermont	○ No RFRA
Virginia	● In State Statute	§57-2.02	https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/57-2.02/	§57-2.02
Washington	○ No RFRA
West Virginia	● In State Statute	§35-1A-1	https://code.wvlegislature.gov/35-1A-1/	§35-1A-1
Wisconsin	○ No RFRA
Wyoming	○ No RFRA

Note on citations:
Due to changes in online law databases and states’ websites, we cannot ensure that every link to a state law will be functional in perpetuity. If a link to a statute is no longer functional, please use a search engine to locate the state’s code and use the citation number to manually navigate to the relevant law. Where multiple laws are cited, the link is for the first law listed. For more information on citations, download the full data set which includes additional research notes.

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