| Title | AN ACT relating to religion. |
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| Bill Documents | Original |
| Sponsors | S. Baker, W. Thomas |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 39A.100 to exclude houses of worship from emergency condemnation authority; prohibit a governmental entity from prohibiting religious services during an emergency to a greater extent than imposed on other organizations or businesses that provide essential services; require a compelling governmental interest to place a burden on a religious organization; prohibit a governmental entity from taking any discriminatory action against a religious organization on the basis that the organization is religious; define "discriminatory action," "governmental entity," "religious organization," and "religious services"; allow a religious organization to assert a violation of this section as a claim against a governmental entity or as a defense and waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity to the extent of liability under the section; set out remedies available to a religious organization; require construciton in favor of protecting free exercise of religion; require a religious organization to bring an action no later than two years from the date the person should have known of the discriminatory action. |
| Index Headings |
Courts - Emergencies, religious discrimination, right established Courts - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination, remedies Disasters - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination prohibited Disasters - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination, remedies Diseases - Emergencies, religious discrimination, right established Diseases - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination prohibited Governor - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination prohibited Local Government - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination prohibited Local Government - Emergencies, religious organizations, discrimination, remedies Religion - Emergencies, discrimination prohibited Religion - Emergencies, discrimination, remedies |
| 08/04/21 | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
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