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Committee passes government-speech bill limiting official municipal flags at regulated sites, 8–3
Summary
Representative McPherson's HB 302 first substitute would require municipalities to designate a single official flag for state-regulated locations (schools, courthouses, airports, public transit facilities) while allowing other flags elsewhere; substitute and amendment were adopted and the committee recommended the bill to the full House by an 8–3 vote.
Representative McPherson presented HB 302 (first substitute) as a compromise to resolve conflicts created by last year's law on flags. The substitute limits municipalities to one official municipal flag that may be displayed at government sites where the state has a neutrality interest — schools, courthouses, airports and public transit facilities…
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