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Madison introduced a Bill in the Virginia Legislature, October 31, 1785, for Punishing Disturbers of Religious Worship, which passed in 1789: "If any person shall of purpose, maliciously, or contemptuously, disquiet or disturb any congregation assembled in any church ... he may be put under restraint ... and upon conviction ... shall be further punished by imprisonment."