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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
609
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
certain
psychoactive
substances
1
under
the
religious
freedom
restoration
Act.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
675.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
“Exercise
of
religion”
means
the
practice
or
observance
3
of
religion.
“Exercise
of
religion”
includes
but
is
not
4
limited
to
the
ability
to
act
or
refuse
to
act
in
a
manner
5
substantially
motivated
by
one’s
sincerely
held
religious
6
belief,
whether
or
not
the
exercise
is
compulsory
or
central
7
to
a
larger
system
of
religious
belief.
“Exercise
of
religion”
8
includes
the
use
of
psychoactive
substances,
including
but
not
9
limited
to
psilocybin
and
peyote,
in
religious
or
spiritual
10
ceremonies.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
675.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
12
to
read
as
follows:
13
1.
State
action
shall
not
substantially
burden
a
person’s
14
exercise
of
religion,
even
if
the
burden
results
from
a
rule
15
of
general
applicability
,
including
but
not
limited
to
chapter
16
124
concerning
controlled
substances
,
unless
the
government
17
demonstrates
that
applying
the
burden
to
that
person’s
exercise
18
of
religion
is
in
furtherance
of
a
compelling
governmental
19
interest
and
is
the
least
restrictive
means
of
furthering
that
20
compelling
governmental
interest.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
certain
psychoactive
25
substances
under
the
religious
freedom
restoration
Act
(Code
26
chapter
675).
27
The
bill
provides
that
the
“exercise
of
religion”
includes
28
the
use
of
psychoactive
substances,
including
but
not
limited
29
to
psilocybin
and
peyote,
in
religious
or
spiritual
ceremonies.
30
The
bill
provides
that
state
action
shall
not
substantially
31
burden
a
person’s
exercise
of
religion,
even
if
the
burden
32
results
from
a
rule
of
general
applicability,
including
but
not
33
limited
to
Code
chapter
124
concerning
controlled
substances,
34
unless
the
government
demonstrates
that
applying
the
burden
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to
that
person’s
exercise
of
religion
is
in
furtherance
of
a
1
compelling
governmental
interest
and
is
the
least
restrictive
2
means
of
furthering
that
compelling
governmental
interest.
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