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Proposal to limit state employees from acting against the state sparks extensive debate and dies in committee
Summary
Representative Judy Boyle’s House Bill 319, which would restrict state employees from serving as paid or unpaid agents, consultants, experts or attorneys in claims against the state, generated extended questioning about whistleblower protections and was not moved out of committee.
Representative Judy Boyle (Dist. 9) introduced House Bill 319, which the sponsor described as intended to prevent state employees from acting as paid advocates or lead attorneys in legal actions against their state employer. “This is, to make sure that our state employees are not fighting against the state in different issues,” Boyle said.
Committee members pressed the sponsor on scope and exceptions. Representative Joe Alfieri and others asked whether the bill would chill…
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