§3399.33. Freedom of association; religious liberty; faith-based student organizations; political or ideological belief-based organizations

            A. No public postsecondary education institution shall deny a political or ideological belief-based organization or a religious or faith-based student organization any benefit or privilege available to any other student organization, or otherwise discriminate against a political or ideological belief-based organization or a faith-based organization, based on the political, ideological, or religious beliefs of the organization.

            B. No public postsecondary education institution shall engage in discrimination on the basis of political, ideological, or religious beliefs against any organization or the organization's leaders or members of the organization in a manner that does any of the following:

            (1) Restricts the organization's sincerely held religious beliefs or the political or ideological beliefs of the organization.

            (2) Restricts compliance with the organization's standards of conduct with respect to free speech and First Amendment protected expressive activities.

            (3) Restricts the organization's mission or purpose, as defined by the organization, with respect to free speech and First Amendment protected expressive activities.

            (4) Requires the organization to accept elected officers, choose leaders, or accept members who are not members of the same religion or the same political party or who do not share the same ideological beliefs if to do so would violate the organization's standards of conduct.

            Acts 2018, No. 666, §1, eff. June 1, 2018; Acts 2024, No. 584, §1, eff. June 11, 2024.