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MO SB93

Bill

Status

Passed

7/14/2015

Primary Sponsor

Ed Emery

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates all outdoor areas of Missouri public higher education campuses as traditional public forums where peaceful assembly, protests, speeches, literature distribution, sign-carrying, and petition circulation are protected

  • Permits institutions to enforce only time, place, and manner restrictions that are content-neutral, clearly published, serve significant institutional interests, and allow for spontaneous assembly

  • Allows noncommercial expressive activity on campus as long as conduct is lawful and does not materially and substantially disrupt institutional functioning

  • Authorizes the attorney general or affected individuals to sue for violations, with mandatory damages of at least $500 for initial violations plus $50 per day the violation continues

  • Establishes a one-year statute of limitations, with each day a violation or violating policy persists constituting a new actionable violation

Legislative Description

Creates the Campus Free Expression Act to protect free expression on the campuses of public institutions of higher education

Last Action

Signed by Governor

7/14/2015

Committee Referrals

Select Committee on Education5/5/2015
Higher Education4/15/2015
Education1/22/2015

Full Bill Text

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