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House Community Safety Committee adopts amendment and advances bill criminalizing obstruction of worship access
Summary
The committee adopted a striking amendment clarifying prohibited conduct and preserving constitutionally protected protest, then reported engrossed substitute Senate Bill 54-36 out of committee with a due-pass-as-amended recommendation (8–1).
The House Community Safety Committee on Feb. 24 adopted a striking amendment and advanced engrossed substitute Senate Bill 54-36, a proposal creating a new offense for intentionally preventing or substantially hindering ingress to or egress from places of worship and providing civil remedies for aggrieved persons.
The amendment adopted by the committee, H3633.2, rephrases the means element to focus on intentional prevention or substantial hindrance of access and adds specific exclusions for constitutionally protected peaceful protest and…
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