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Committee edits employee-speech language; senators warn changes could chill public employees
Summary
Members amended bill language to replace 'legislative body' with 'governing body' and 'measure' with 'warrant article'; several senators expressed continued concern that the bill could discourage public employees from speaking in their official capacity.
Members of a committee of conference approved word changes to an amendment intended to clarify limits on public employees' political activity, while several senators urged caution, arguing the bill may chill lawful speech by public employees.
The committee agreed to two specific edits to amendment 27‑98: change "legislative body" to "governing body" on page 1, line 4, and change the undefined term "measure" to the defined term "warrant article" (house‑amended bill, line 14). The sponsor of the change said the edit reflects how local…
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