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Committee hears legal and public testimony on non-germane amendment to HB 50 on "divisive concepts" law
Summary
The Education Committee held a public hearing on a non-germane amendment to HB 50 that would add an "intentional or knowing" scienter requirement to the existing statute addressing certain instructional concepts. The committee heard legal views from the Department of Justice and Department of Education and testimony from advocates on both sides.
The House Education Committee opened a public hearing on a non-germane amendment (2025059h) to HB 50 that would revise the state's statute related to certain instructional concepts by adding a scienter requirement — requiring that a violation be "intentional or knowing." The amendment is framed by its sponsor as an effort to address vagueness identified by a federal district court ruling in litigation challenging the existing statute.
Representative Cordelli, the amendment sponsor, said the language is intended to include a mental-state element so that a person would have to "knowingly or intentionally" act in a way that violates the statute before facing…
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