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Bill to bar state employees from representing private parties against the state draws questions on whistleblower protections and free speech; no motion to move
Summary
Representative Judy Boyle presented House Bill 319 to prohibit state employees from representing private parties against the state; committee members questioned whether the draft would chill whistleblowers or unpaid expert testimony.
Representative Judy Boyle presented House Bill 319, titled in committee as a "state employee loyalty" measure, saying it would prevent state employees from acting as paid or unpaid agents, consultants, experts or attorneys in claims against the state.
"They're a State employee or they're a private contractor," Boyle said, arguing state employees should not be on both sides of litigation involving the state.
Committee members pressed the sponsor on protections for whistleblowers, subpoenaed fact witnesses and unpaid experts. Boyle repeatedly cited advice…
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