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May 31, 2018
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Terrorist Organizations (S 2696)

In April, the ACLU testified in opposition to a resolution encouraging "law enforcement officials to recognize white nationalist and neo-nazi groups as terrorist organizations." While these groups may indeed promote odious views, the First Amendment nevertheless protects their right to speak.
Legislation
May 18, 2018
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  • First Amendment

Tax Credits for Scholarship Organizations (H 7055)

This bill would have greatly expanded a tax credit for businesses that make donations to "scholarship organizations" that funnel money to private and parochial schools for tuition purposes.
Legislation
May 18, 2018
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  • First Amendment

Panhandling Ban (H 8128)

Rather than addressing the problems that have forced people to engage in panhandling in the first place, this proposal instead aimed to punish them for their poverty by making it illegal for a person in a car to pass anything to a person outside the vehicle while in an "active lane of travel."
Legislation
May 07, 2018
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  • First Amendment

Book Tax (H 7343)

This legislation would have clarified that an existing statute that exempts "a book or writing" from sales tax when sold by the author covers both fiction and nonfiction writings.
Legislation
Mar 30, 2018
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  • First Amendment

"Revenge Porn" (H 7452A, S 2581A)

This misnomered legislation from the Attorney General makes it a crime to electronically transmit nude or sexually explicit images without the person’s consent, regardless of the sender’s intent.
Legislation
Mar 10, 2018
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  • First Amendment

Internet "Porn Tax" (S 2584)

This much talked-about bill aimed to “require Internet service providers to provide digital blocking of sexual content and patently offensive material . . . and allow consumers to deactivate digital block upon payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee.”
Legislation
Feb 21, 2018
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  • First Amendment

Net Neutrality (H 7422, S 2008A)

This legislation would have prohibited state-purchased or funded Internet service providers (ISPs) from halting, slowing, or otherwise tampering with the transfer of data, thus ensuring fair and equal access to all Internet content.
Legislation
May 31, 2018
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Legislation
May 31, 2018
  • First Amendment

Terrorist Organizations (S 2696)

In April, the ACLU testified in opposition to a resolution encouraging "law enforcement officials to recognize white nationalist and neo-nazi groups as terrorist organizations." While these groups may indeed promote odious views, the First Amendment nevertheless protects their right to speak.
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Legislation
May 18, 2018
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Legislation
May 18, 2018
  • First Amendment

Tax Credits for Scholarship Organizations (H 7055)

This bill would have greatly expanded a tax credit for businesses that make donations to "scholarship organizations" that funnel money to private and parochial schools for tuition purposes.
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Legislation
May 18, 2018
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Legislation
May 18, 2018
  • First Amendment

Panhandling Ban (H 8128)

Rather than addressing the problems that have forced people to engage in panhandling in the first place, this proposal instead aimed to punish them for their poverty by making it illegal for a person in a car to pass anything to a person outside the vehicle while in an "active lane of travel."
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Legislation
May 07, 2018
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Legislation
May 07, 2018
  • First Amendment

Book Tax (H 7343)

This legislation would have clarified that an existing statute that exempts "a book or writing" from sales tax when sold by the author covers both fiction and nonfiction writings.
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Legislation
Mar 30, 2018
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Legislation
Mar 30, 2018
  • First Amendment

"Revenge Porn" (H 7452A, S 2581A)

This misnomered legislation from the Attorney General makes it a crime to electronically transmit nude or sexually explicit images without the person’s consent, regardless of the sender’s intent.
Explore Legislation
Legislation
Mar 10, 2018
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Legislation
Mar 10, 2018
  • First Amendment

Internet "Porn Tax" (S 2584)

This much talked-about bill aimed to “require Internet service providers to provide digital blocking of sexual content and patently offensive material . . . and allow consumers to deactivate digital block upon payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee.”
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Legislation
Feb 21, 2018
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Legislation
Feb 21, 2018
  • First Amendment

Net Neutrality (H 7422, S 2008A)

This legislation would have prohibited state-purchased or funded Internet service providers (ISPs) from halting, slowing, or otherwise tampering with the transfer of data, thus ensuring fair and equal access to all Internet content.
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