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Senate advances substitute HB 85 after committee of the whole presentation on religion in schools
Summary
Senate members heard a committee-of-the-whole presentation on substitute HB 85, which clarifies permissible school practices around student religious expression and conscience protections; the chamber placed the bill on the third‑reading calendar after a favorable committee report.
Salt Lake City — Senators heard a detailed presentation and answered questions on substitute House Bill 85 on Feb. 18, a bill intended to clarify constitutional and statutory limits on religious activity in public schools and to set out boundaries for voluntary student expression.
Senator Hissard introduced the substitute as a product of the Religious Liberties Committee and said it had the ACLU’s agreement that the bill is “facially constitutional” while cautioning that the ACLU would monitor how…
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