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Committee recommends ‘do not pass’ on bill addressing DEI offices, citing existing code

2348163 · February 19, 2025
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The Senate Education Committee voted 6-0 to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2,392 after a senator said the bill largely duplicates existing statutory language and raised questions about scope and recent federal activity. The motion to recommend do not pass was made and seconded in committee and carried unanimously.

The Senate Education Committee voted 6-0 to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2,392, which the bill sponsor said would have addressed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices at higher education institutions and other public entities. The sponsor told the committee he had learned during review that most of the bill's aims already exist in state code and…

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