Bill Text: VA HB1401 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Higher educational institutions; speech on campus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506) [HB1401 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB1401-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 506 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-900.1, relating to public institutions of higher education; speech on campus. [H 1401] Approved March 16, 2017

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-900.1 as follows:

§23.1-900.1. Speech on campus.

Except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, no public institution of higher education shall abridge the constitutional freedom of any individual, including enrolled students, faculty and other employees, and invited guests, to speak on campus.