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Committee adopts substitute for HB 271 to clarify unlawful disruption of private meetings
Summary
House Bill 271, which clarifies the mens rea and conduct required to criminalize obstructing or disrupting private meetings (for example, church services blocked by loud protests), was adopted as a substitute and passed out favorably after the sponsor said it narrows existing language to help law enforcement apply the code.
The House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee adopted the first substitute and passed House Bill 271 out favorably. Sponsor testimony said the change is a narrow, clarifying amendment to existing code to make it easier for law enforcement to apply the statute when private meetings are deliberately disrupted.
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