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Lawmakers split over immunity for statements in campus Title IX proceedings; committee refers bill to floor
Summary
The Judiciary Committee voted to send Senate Bill 977 — providing civil immunity for people who report sexual assault, stalking and intimate-partner violence in campus Title IX proceedings — to the floor after members split over whether university adjudication systems provide adequate due process.
Senate Bill 977, intended to provide civil immunity to students and employees who report sexual assault, stalking and intimate-partner violence in campus Title IX proceedings, was referred to the floor after a lengthy debate in which committee members disagreed about fairness and procedural safeguards.
Opponents argued the university adjudicative process lacks the procedural safeguards of a judicial proceeding. One representative recounted a…
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