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Committee amends bill to require Ten Commandments displays in school cafeterias; chair to seek fiscal note
Summary
The committee approved an amendment to House Bill 1145 requiring Ten Commandments displays in prominent locations (sponsor proposed cafeterias) and directing schools to fund displays with donated funds; members debated constitutionality and a fiscal note request was flagged.
The House Judiciary Committee approved an amendment to House Bill 1145 that would require Ten Commandments displays in certain school locations and allow districts and colleges to accept donated displays or donated funds to pay for them. The amendment to the bill carried on roll call, 11 to 3.
Representative Hoverson, who presented the amendment, said he and local educators preferred a single school-level display rather than one in every classroom and recommended cafeterias or other…
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