SCONRES 32
115th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorative events and holidays
First Amendment rights
Human rights
Religion
U.S. history
Virginia
A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the 232nd anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Calls for honoring the 232nd anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 2018.
Affirms that:
- religious freedom includes the right of individuals of any faith and individuals of no faith to live, work, associate, and worship in accordance with their beliefs;
- all people of the United States can be unified in supporting religious freedom because it is a fundamental human right; and
- the American people will remain forever unshackled in matters of faith.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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