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Nationwide Legislative Tracking Baptist Joint Committee: http://bjconline.org/staterfratracker/ National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/2017-religious-freedom-restoration-act-legislation.aspx Congressional Testimony U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF): alliancedefendingfreedom.org Primary Contact: Alan Sears, Esq., President, CEO Mission: An alliance-building legal organization that advocates for

Federal Legislation and Resources The Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed in 1993. In response to the City of Boerne v. Flores case,

The RFRA was held unconstitutional as applied to the states in the City of Boerne v. Flores decision in 1997,

  WHY STATES NEED STATE RFRAs Due to the passage of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993, the

The Sherbert Test consists of four criteria to determine if an individual’s right to religious free exercise has been violated

The original Religious Freedom Restoration Act (also known as RFRA)—Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488—is a federal statute intended