3.0.0 6932 2018-11-21T20:29:36Z 2018-11-21T20:29:36Z House H HR 2008-09-17 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-17T14:03:00Z 2008-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 N S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2008-09-17 True W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2008-09-17 True F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2008-09-17 True K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 2008-09-18 False A000022 Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] GARY ACKERMAN D NY L. 5 2008-09-18 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-09-18 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2008-09-18 False R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2008-09-18 False W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2008-09-18 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2008-09-18 False E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2008-09-18 False K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2008-09-18 False C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2008-09-18 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2008-09-18 False D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 2008-09-23 False T000260 Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] TODD TIAHRT R KS 4 2008-09-23 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2008-09-23 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2008-09-23 False C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2008-09-23 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2008-09-23 False W000797 Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20] Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 20 2008-09-23 False B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2008-09-23 False B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2008-09-24 False S000344 Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] BRAD SHERMAN D CA 27 2008-09-26 False Housing and Community Development First Amendment rights Housing discrimination Real estate business Religion Housing and Community Development 00 2008-09-17 Introduced in House 2008-11-06T16:31:22Z Freedom of Religious Expression in the Home Act of 2008 - Amends the Fair Housing Act with respect to discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices.

Makes it unlawful to establish a rule or policy that prevents a person from displaying, on the basis of that person's religious belief, a religious symbol, object, or sign on the door, doorpost, entrance, or otherwise on the exterior of that person's dwelling, or that is visible from the exterior of that dwelling, unless the rule or policy is reasonable and is necessary to prevent significant damage to property, physical harm to persons, a public nuisance, or similar undue hardship.

]]> Freedom of Religious Expression in the Home Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Freedom of Religious Expression in the Home Act of 2008 Display Title Freedom of Religious Expression in the Home Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Fair Housing Act to prevent discrimination relating to the display of religious symbols, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6932ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6932ih.xml 2008-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.