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Bill aimed at blocking fraudulent school-based data collection draws committee questions over student clubs and enforcement
Summary
Senate Bill 212 would prohibit candidates or campaign groups from fraudulently organizing events in schools to harvest student information and would restrict campaigns from collecting minors' data without school invitation; authors said amendments clarify nonprofit and civic organizations may continue legitimate activities.
Leader Higley, sponsor of Senate Bill 212, told the committee the bill is intended to protect minors’ information from being harvested by political campaigns that allegedly posed as other groups to gain access to students. "This simply, protects the information of students from campaigns, illicitly, falsely presenting themselves as something they are not," Higley said.
Higley said the bill targets fraudulently organized events (he cited the bill language at line…
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