HB36
Student journalists; freedom of speech and the press, definitions.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Public institutions of higher education; student journalists; freedom of speech and the press
. Declares that, except in certain limited circumstances, a student journalist at a public institution of higher education has the right to exercise freedom of speech and the press in school-sponsored media, including determining the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the media is ... (More) supported financially by the governing board of the institution, supported through the use of campus facilities, or produced in conjunction with a course in which the student is enrolled. The bill defines "school-sponsored media" as any material that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher education under the direction of a student media adviser and distributed or generally made available to members of the student body. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/19/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100406D
- 11/19/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB36)
- 01/13/2020 - House: Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
- 01/29/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/2020 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/03/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20104720D-H1
- 02/05/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB36H1)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20104720D-H1
- 02/06/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB36H1
- 02/07/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 14-N)
- 02/07/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N)
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Petersen agreed to
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (28-Y 12-N)
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (29-Y 11-N)
- 03/04/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/04/2020 - House: Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
- 03/04/2020 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (32-Y 4-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/2020 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/2020 - House: Delegates: Hurst, Roem, Rush
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senators: Boysko, Hashmi, Cosgrove
- 03/07/2020 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/2020 - House: Conference substitute printed 20109858D-H2
- 03/07/2020 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (79-Y 16-N)
- 03/07/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 16-N)
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 10-N 1-A)
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N)
- 03/18/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 03/18/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB36ER)
- 03/18/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB36ER)
- 03/20/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 947 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0947)
