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Senate passes measure aimed at protecting higher-education research from foreign adversaries
Summary
The Senate passed a House committee substitute (HB 127) focusing on protections for public higher‑education institutions from influence by foreign adversaries and clarifying related theft-of-trade-secret provisions.
The Senate took up and passed a committee substitute to House Bill 127, a measure described as strengthening protections for public institutions of higher education against influence from hostile foreign adversaries and addressing theft of trade secrets.
Senator Hughes, speaking on the floor, said the bill protects research and reduces vulnerability to foreign adversaries, and that the language had been refined in consultation with university systems. "It protects research and make sure that our higher institutions are not vulnerable to hostile foreign…
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