2025 House Bill 4849

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

A bill to protect freedom of expression for student journalists in public high schools and state institutions of higher education; to protect freedom of expression for students of public schools and state institutions of higher education; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to provide remedies.

AI Analysis – Experimental

House Bill No. 4849 establishes robust protections for student free expression and press rights in Michigan's public high schools and higher education institutions, providing legal remedies and limiting institutional regulation to only the most compelling circumstances.

Introduced in the House

Sept. 9, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Matt Maddock (R-51)

Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce