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S 2572 107th Congress Senate

Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2002

Official title: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 2002 See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination in employmentHours of laborLabor and EmploymentLeave of absence
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ReligionReligion in the workplaceReligious libertyTransfer of employees
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 23, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 23, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4865)
May 23, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 23, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2002 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide criteria to determine whether an employer has committed an unlawful employment practice by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to the religious observance or practice of an employee. Deems an accommodation to be reasonable if it removes the conflict between employment requirements and the religious observance or practice of the employee.

Declares that an employer shall be considered to commit an unlawful employment practice if the employer refuses to permit the employee to utilize leave of general usage to remove such a conflict solely because the leave will be used to accommodate the employee's religious observance or practice.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 25, 2002
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · May 23, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2572: Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2572/
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"S. 2572: Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2572/.
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S. 2572, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2572/.
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