2017 House Joint Resolution P

Define legislature’s authority to rein in state university speech restrictions

Introduced in the House

May 30, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Jim Runestad (R-44)

To place before voters in the next general election a constitutional amendment establishing that the legislature may provide by law for the protection of free speech, expression, and assembly rights at state colleges and universities, and that this authority would supersede any inconsistent restriction prescribed by one of these institutions. See also Senate Bills 349 and 350 and House Bills 4581 and 4656.

Referred to the Committee on Oversight