IN HB1316

Prohibits governmental entities from discriminating against adoption and foster care providers, adoptive parents, or foster parents based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, including when they decline to provide services or raise children in accordance with those beliefs

Defines discrimination broadly to include denying funding (grants, loans, scholarships), terminating or refusing contracts, taking adverse action against licenses or certificates, refusing child placements, altering tax treatment, or imposing fines and penalties

Covers a wide range of adoption and foster care services including recruiting and licensing foster/adoptive parents, coordinating placements, performing home studies, assisting with kinship guardianships, and providing family preservation and reunification services

Creates a private right of action allowing individuals and religious organizations to sue governmental entities (excluding courts) for violations, with available remedies including declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and attorney's fees

Establishes a 2-year statute of limitations for discrimination claims, effective July 1, 2026