U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5289: Right to Worship Act
Status: In committee, August 6, 2026
A bill to protect the right to the free exercise of religion.
What the bill says
To protect the right to the free exercise of religion.
From the introduced text, August 6, 2026:
A BILL To protect the right to the free exercise of religion. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Right to Worship Act . SECTION 2. Protecting the right to the free exercise of religion (a) Definitions and rules (1) Definitions In this (ii) the date and time of which have been communicated to the defendant by law enforcement, by a representative of the house of worship, or through a prior judicial or administrative proceeding, or of which the defendant had actual knowledge; or (iii) follows a customary and regularly recurring schedule of which the defendant had actual knowledge. (G) State The term State includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth or territory. (2) Rules (A) Scheduled religious service Nothing in this section shall require a house of worship to publish the schedule for a scheduled religious service on any publicly accessible medium. (B) Disruption For the purposes of this section, whether a person's course of conduct is a disruption shall be determined only by the manner in which the course of conduct is carried out, including its volume, duration, pervasiveness, frequency, and impact, rather than by the content of any speech or expression involved. (b) Prohibited activities It shall be unlawful for any person-- (1) to engage in …
Sponsors
- Cruz, Ted (R) · primary sponsor
- Slotkin, Elissa (D)
- Tillis, Thomas (R)
- Thune, John (R)
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Common questions
- What is SB5289?
- SB5289 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Right to Worship Act.
- What does SB5289 do?
- In its own words: To protect the right to the free exercise of religion.
- What is the status of SB5289?
- In committee as of August 6, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (August 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5289?
- Cruz, Ted (R), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB5289?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5289
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