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Introduced
09/02/2016
09/02/2016
In Committee
02/16/2017
02/16/2017
Crossed Over
02/20/2017
02/20/2017
Passed
02/24/2017
02/24/2017
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/16/2017
03/16/2017
Introduced Session
2017 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Public institutions of higher education; speech on campus. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from abridging the constitutional freedom of any individual, including enrolled students, faculty and other employees, and invited guests, to speak on campus, except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
AI Summary
This bill prohibits public institutions of higher education in Virginia from restricting the free speech of any individual, including students, faculty, employees, and invited guests, on campus, except as allowed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It adds a new section to the state's higher education laws to explicitly protect freedom of speech on public college and university campuses.
Committee Categories
Education, Health and Social Services, Justice
Sponsors (19)
R. Steven Landes (R)*,
Richard Anderson (R),
Richard Bell (R),
Mark Cole (R),
James Edmunds (R),
Hyland Fowler (R),
Nicholas Freitas (R),
Gordon Helsel (R),
Timothy Hugo (R),
Jackson Miller (R),
J. Randall Minchew (R),
Jason Miyares (R),
Richard Morris (R),
Charles Poindexter (R),
Margaret Ransone (R),
Roxann Robinson (R),
Ronald Villanueva (R),
Lee Ware (R),
Michael Webert (R),
Last Action
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506) (on 03/16/2017)
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