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The Legislature Today: RFRA Slows in Senate While Members Continue to Debate Merit

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It’s been a little over a week since Delegates approved a bill creating the West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Known as RFRA, the bill creates a judicial standard for cases where a person’s religious freedoms are infringed upon by a government entity.

 

The bill has been assigned to a Senate committee, but has yet to make its way onto an agenda. Still, that hasn’t stopped members of the upper chamber from voicing their thoughts about the bill on floor this week.

 

Delegates want to require West Virginians to present some form of ID at their polling places before casting a ballot, and for the second time this week, Senators debate a bill that regulates homeschooling.
 
 
 
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