Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
Long title	An Act to protect religious liberty, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	RLUIPA
Nicknames	Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
Enacted by	the 106th United States Congress
Effective	September 22, 2000
Citations
Public law	106-274
Statutes at Large	114 Stat. 803
Codification
Titles amended	42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created	42 U.S.C. ch. 21C § 2000cc et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 2869 by Orrin Hatch (R–UT) on July 13, 2000; Passed the Senate on July 27, 2000 (Passed unanimous consent); Passed the House on July 27, 2000 (Passed without objection); Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 22, 2000;
United States Supreme Court cases
	Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005); Sossamon v. Texas, 563 U.S. 277 (2011); Holt v. Hobbs, 574 U.S. 352 (2015); Ramirez v. Collier, No. 21-5592, 595 U.S. ___ (2022);

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–274 (text) (PDF), codified as 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq., is a United States federal law that prohibits the imposition of burdens on the ability of prisoners to worship as they please and gives churches and other religious institutions a way to avoid zoning law restrictions on their property use. It also defines the term "religious exercise" to include "any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief."^[1] RLUIPA was enacted by the United States Congress in 2000 to correct the problems of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993. The act was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate by unanimous consent in voice votes, meaning that no objection was raised to its passage, so no written vote was taken. The S. 2869 legislation was enacted into law by the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton on September 22, 2000.^[2]

^ Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. p 1.
^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "William J. Clinton: "Statement on Signing the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000," September 22, 2000". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

[1] Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. p 1.

[2] Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "William J. Clinton: "Statement on Signing the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000," September 22, 2000". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

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