Effective - 28 Aug 2003
1.307. Applicability of religious freedom restoration act — limitations — relevant circumstances defined. — 1. Section 1.302 and this section apply to all state and local laws, resolutions and ordinances and the implementation of such laws, resolutions, and ordinances, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after August 28, 2003.
2. Nothing in section 1.302 and this section shall be construed to authorize any government to burden any religious belief, except that nothing in these sections shall be construed to establish or eliminate a defense to a civil action or criminal prosecution based on a federal, state, or local civil rights law.
3. Nothing in section 1.302 and this section shall be construed as allowing any person to cause physical injury to another person, to possess a weapon otherwise prohibited by law, to fail to provide monetary support for a child or to fail to provide health care for a child suffering from a life-threatening condition.
4. "Relevant circumstances" may include legitimate penological interests needed to protect the safety and security of incarcerated persons and correctional facilities, but shall not include reasonable requests by incarcerated individuals for the opportunity to pray, reasonable access to clergy, use of religious materials that are not violent or profane, and reasonable dietary requests.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 12)
(2018) As applied to plaintiffs, city ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on person's reproductive health decisions or pregnancy violated section and the First Amendment's right to expressive association, and the city failed to show that ordinance furthered a compelling government interest or was not unduly restrictive. Our Lady's Inn v. City of St. Louis, 349 F.Supp.3d 805 (E.D.Mo.).
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 1 - Laws in Force and Construction of Statutes
Section 1.016 - Secondary sources do not constitute law or public policy, when.
Section 1.025 - Registered mail defined.
Section 1.028 - English is the common language of Missouri.
Section 1.030 - Plural includes the singular — masculine includes feminine.
Section 1.035 - Voter defined.
Section 1.040 - Computation of time.
Section 1.050 - Majority may act for all.
Section 1.060 - Powers of deputies.
Section 1.070 - Reference to provisions in revised statutes.
Section 1.080 - County to include St. Louis — county clerk to include register of St. Louis.
Section 1.090 - Words and phrases, how construed.
Section 1.092 - Best interest of child, welfare policy of state.
Section 1.120 - Reenactments, how construed.
Section 1.130 - Effective date of laws.
Section 1.140 - Severability of statute provisions.
Section 1.150 - Repealing law repealed, former law not revived, when.
Section 1.160 - Effect of repeal of penal statute.
Section 1.170 - Repeal of law not to affect rights acquired thereunder.
Section 1.180 - Actions pending, how affected by repeal of law.
Section 1.190 - Notices, how served.
Section 1.200 - Equality of citizens.
Section 1.210 - No imprisonment without authority of law.
Section 1.217 - Cloning — use of state funds prohibited, definition.
Section 1.302 - Religious freedom restoration act.
Section 1.410 - Citation of law — findings.
Section 1.420 - Federal laws deemed infringements of United State and Missouri Constitutions.
Section 1.430 - Invalidity of federal laws deemed an infringement.
Section 1.440 - Protection of citizens against infringement against right to keep and bear arms.
Section 1.450 - Enforcement of federal laws that infringe on right to keep and bear arms prohibited.
Section 1.460 - Violations, liability and civil penalty — sovereign immunity not a defense.
Section 1.480 - Definitions — acts not deemed violation.
Section 1.485 - Severability clause.
Section 1.513 - Broadband deployment, federal funds — failure to deploy, disclosure.