VA HB1274 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; expressive activity on campus. Establishes several provisions for the protection of expressive activity on the campus of each public institution of higher education, including (i) permitting any individual who wishes to engage in noncommercial expressive activity on campus to do so freely, as long as such expressive activity does not materially and substantially disrupt the functioning of the public institution of higher education and (ii) prohibiting any public institution of higher education from (a) denying a student organization any benefit or privilege available to any other student organization, or otherwise discriminating against a student organization, on the basis of the expressive activity of the members of such organization or (b) restricting a student organization's ability to require any leader or other member of such organization to affirm and adhere to the organization's sincerely held beliefs, comply with the organization's standards of conduct, or further the organization's self-defined mission or purpose.

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Title

Higher educational institutions, public; expressive activity on campus.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2018-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2018-02-13HouseLeft in Education
2018-01-22HouseSubcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19HouseAssigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
2018-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2018-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104487D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231400(n/a)See Bill Text
231401(n/a)See Bill Text
231401.1(n/a)See Bill Text
231900.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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