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HB4849 • 2026

Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create. Creates new act.

Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create. Creates new act.

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Sponsor
Matt Maddock (District 51)
Last action
2025-09-11
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 09/09/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create. Creates new act.

Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create.

What This Bill Does

  • Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create.
  • Creates new act.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-11 HJ 82 Pg. 945

    bill electronically reproduced 09/09/2025

  2. 2025-09-09 HJ 80 Pg. 926

    introduced by Representative Rep. Matt Maddock

  3. 2025-09-09 HJ 80 Pg. 926

    read a first time

  4. 2025-09-09 HJ 80 Pg. 926

    referred to Committee on Education and Workforce

Official Summary Text

Civil rights: speech and assembly; student free press act for public high schools and public community colleges and universities; create. Creates new act.