Do No Harm Act (Religious Freedom & Civil Rights)

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Evidence log

• 2026-06-25 — Equal Campus Access Act of 2025: cross-connection with equal-campus-access-act: Both address the scope of religious accommodation in federally funded settings, with Equal Campus Access expanding protections for religious groups and Do No Harm limiting religious exemptions that override civil rights protections. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-22 — Protecting Access to Spiritual Treatment and Organized Religion Act of 2026: Adjacent proposal: HR9851, the Protecting Access to Spiritual Treatment and Organized Religion Act of 2026, referred to House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, would affirmatively protect access to spiritual treatment and organized religion — a direction contrasting with the Do No Harm Act’s effort to narrow RFRA-based defenses against civil rights obligations. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-23 — A bill to prohibit the award of Federal education funds to educational institutions and agencies that do not allow for religious exemptions to vaccination requirements, and for other purposes.: Contrasting proposal: S5128 would condition federal education funds on institutions granting religious exemptions to vaccination requirements, expanding religious accommodation obligations in education — the opposite policy direction from the Do No Harm Act’s effort to narrow RFRA-based defenses against civil rights and public health obligations. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-23 — Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety: Adjacent doctrine: Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections narrows a different religious-freedom statute (RLUIPA) by holding individual state officers are not personally liable for damages under the Spending Clause, illustrating how the scope and enforceability of religious-liberty statutes remain contested from multiple directions distinct from the Do No Harm Act’s RFRA-focused approach. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-04-10 — Defense of Conscience in Health Care Act: Contrasting proposal: the Defense of Conscience in Health Care Act (HR2874) would direct HHS to reinstate the 2019 conscience rule vacated by federal courts, moving in the opposite direction from the Do No Harm Act’s effort to narrow religious/moral objections to civil rights obligations. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-05-14 — Conscience Protection Act of 2025: Contrasting proposal: the Conscience Protection Act of 2025 (HR3411), referred to House Energy and Commerce, would expand rather than limit religious/moral objection defenses in healthcare, representing the opposite policy direction from the Do No Harm Act’s RFRA-narrowing approach. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-24 — Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act: Companion policy landscape: the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act (S4879), introduced June 2026 and referred to Senate Judiciary, addresses provider protections in reproductive health from a different angle than RFRA-limiting proposals like the Do No Harm Act. (novelty: 2)

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