United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4172 (98th)
Religious Speech Protection Act
Introduced
20 October 1983
Last action
4 November 1983 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Sponsors
Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Chandler, Rod D. [R-WA-8], Rep. Hightower, Jack E. [D-TX-13], Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3], Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8], Rep. Vandergriff, Tommy J. [D-TX-26], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3]
Subjects
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Source updated
29 August 2025
Summary
Religious Speech Protection Act - Prohibits federally funded public secondary schools which allow students to meet during noninstructional periods from discriminating against any meeting of students on the basis of religious content.
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Timeline
20 October 1983
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Source: IntroReferral
20 October 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
20 October 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 November 1983
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 20 October 1983
Sponsors
- Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Chandler, Rod D. [R-WA-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hightower, Jack E. [D-TX-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Vandergriff, Tommy J. [D-TX-26] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] · D · Sponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4172
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/hr/4172
- us · 98-hr-4172 · source updated 29 August 2025