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Senate Judiciary removes government-building exception from S.209, adopts draft 2.1
Summary
After debate over breadth and legal defensibility, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to remove Subdivision B (a government-building exception) from S.209 and adopted draft 2.1; roll call recorded five 'Yes' votes and the committee will report the amended bill forward.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to amend S.209 by removing Subdivision B — a proposed government-building exception that senators warned was overly broad and legally vulnerable — and adopted draft 2.1 of the committee amendment.
Committee members spent substantial time debating whether language exempting buildings "controlled in whole or in part" by the state was too sweeping, potentially…
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