Right to Worship Act

The Right to Worship Act would prohibit knowingly disrupting or impeding people from participating in scheduled religious services within 100 feet of a house of worship’s entryways during the hour before and after such services, including through conduct that substantially affects interstate commerce. It establishes civil fines ranging from $2,500 for a first offense to $10,000 for third or subsequent offenses, and allows individuals, the U.S. Attorney General, and state attorneys general to pursue civil actions for injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, or statutory damages of $5,000 per violation. The bill explicitly preserves the right to speak freely so long as speech…

No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.