Maryland House Bill 796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-10 - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Specifying that outdoor areas on campuses of public institutions of higher education are public forums; prohibiting public institutions of higher education from designating areas in which expressive activities are prohibited; authorizing public institutions of higher education to create reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on expressive activities; prohibiting public institutions of higher education from denying benefits to student organizations for reasons related to the expressive activities of the organizations; etc.

Higher Education - Freedom of Speech on Campus - Protection (Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act)

Del. Robin Grammer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-10	House	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-03	House	First Reading Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	15	118	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0796?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0796f.pdf