United States · Bill · S
S. 893 (108th)
Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003
Introduced
11 April 2003
Last action
11 April 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC], Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]
Subjects
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Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2003 - Amends the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 regarding religious observance in the workplace to declare that for an employer's accommodation of an employee's religious observance or practice to be considered reasonable, it must remove the conflict between employment requirements and the employee's religious observance or practice. Deems as an unlawful employment practice an employer's refusal to permit an employee to use leave of general usage to remove the conflict solely because the leave will be used to accommodate the religious observance or practice of the employee.
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Timeline
11 April 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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11 April 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 11 April 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/893
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/893
- us · 108-s-893 · source updated 18 August 2025