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Senate panel refers flag-display measure to amending order after debate over definitions and local control
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to send House Bill 41 to the amending order after debate over definitions of "flag" and "banner," scope (classroom vs. parking lots), and concerns from educators and civil-rights groups about vagueness and free‑speech implications.
The Senate Education Committee on an undisclosed February date referred House Bill 41 to the amending order after extended debate and public testimony. The bill, sponsored by Representative Ted Hill, would require classrooms to display the American flag and the state flag as the primary classroom flags and prohibit "political, ideological, and religious" flags or banners in public elementary and secondary school classrooms. The committee substituted referral to the amending order to add definitions and clarify scope.
Representative Ted Hill told the committee he introduced the bill to "reinstill" patriotism in schools…
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