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RS 32082 introduced to bar campus ‘speech zones’ and require notice-and-cure before litigation
Summary
Representative Barbara Ehart asked the committee to introduce RS 32082 to clarify and expand student free‑speech protections on public college campuses, remove speech zones and limit prior-permission requirements; the sponsor agreed to add a 30‑day notice-and-cure requirement at the universities' request before enforcement litigation.
Representative Barbara Ehart (District 33) presented RS 32082, a campus free‑speech RS intended to assert that First Amendment protections apply fully on public college campuses and to restrict campus policies such as speech zones and prior‑approval requirements for outdoor speech.
Ehart told the committee the measure would "eliminate speech zones and limitations on where students can speak or distribute literature in the public accessible outdoor portions of a university campus," prohibit advance permission requirements in many cases, and shield…
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