Bill Text: IA HF241 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the adoption of a statement of free expression by the board of regents prior to the commencement of the fall 2019 academic calendar year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-12 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/14/2019 12:30PM House Lounge. [HF241 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF241-Introduced.html
House File 241 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 241 BY SHIPLEY and WHEELER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the adoption of a statement of free 1 expression by the board of regents prior to the commencement 2 of the fall 2019 academic calendar year. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1620HH (3) 88 asf/jh
H.F. 241 Section 1. BOARD OF REGENTS STATEMENT. The board of regents 1 shall adopt a statement of free expression modeled on, and 2 at least as committed to protecting free expression as, the 3 university of Chicago’s January 2015 report of the committee on 4 freedom of expression. The statement shall be published prior 5 to commencement of the fall 2019 academic calendar year. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill provides that the board of regents shall adopt 10 a statement of free expression. The bill provides that the 11 statement of free expression shall be modeled on, and at least 12 as committed to protecting free expression as, the university 13 of Chicago’s January 2015 report of the committee on freedom 14 of expression. The bill provides that the statement shall 15 be published prior to commencement of the fall 2019 academic 16 calendar year. 17 -1- LSB 1620HH (3) 88 asf/jh 1/ 1
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