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Committee introduces bill to limit flags in government offices, excludes schools in amendment
Summary
The House State Affairs Committee voted to introduce RS 31,956, a proposal to restrict which flags may be displayed in government offices; the committee approved an amendment to exclude schools, colleges and universities and to make the rule effective upon passage and approval.
Representative Heather Scott, R.-District 2, told the House State Affairs Committee that RS 31,956 would "allow governments to only display certain types of flags" and set policy on which flags should appear in government offices.
The measure lists permissible flags as the United States flag, an official flag of a government entity, official flags of any state, official flags of military branches and units, and the POW/MIA flag as referenced in "Code 6,000,723.03," according to Scott's presentation.
The bill drew procedural…
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