All Legislation

Legislation
May 14, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Artist Sales Tax Exemption (S 2931)

Status: Passed Senate, Died in House
Position: Needs amendments
Legislation
Apr 15, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

“Citizens United” Constitutional Amendment Resolution (H 7768)

We strongly opposed a resolution which calls on our Congressional delegates to support adoption of a federal constitutional amendment designed to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in the Citizens United campaign finance case.
Status: Died in Committee
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Apr 12, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

“Parental Rights” Legislation (H 7781)

Status: Died in Committee
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Mar 29, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Affirmative Defense to Crime of Obscenity (H 7575, S 2429)

We strongly supported this legislation which would protect literature with “educational and governmental” value, as well as materials in a “bona fide school, museum, or public library.”
Status: Passed Senate, Died in House
Position: Support
Legislation
Mar 29, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Workplace Psychological Safety Act (H 8044, S 2473)

While ensuring a healthy workplace is a laudable goal, we opposed a piece of far-reaching and subjective legislation which would impose liability on employers or co-workers who, among other actions, "confuse" a person emotionally.
Status: Passed Senate, Died in House
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Mar 27, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Ban on “Synthetic Media” in Elections (H 7387A, S 2456)

We urged caution in trying to quickly control the new world of artificial intelligence with this bill that would regulate electoral communications generated by artificial intelligence, and which would allow politicians to seek injunctions against “deceptive” AI-generated communications.
Status: Passed House, Died in Senate
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Mar 05, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Protections for Libraries (H 7386, S 2281)

We were glad to provide support for this legislation which seeks to declare as a matter of state policy the responsibility of government to protect the freedom of libraries and librarians to fulfill their mission without fear of censorship.
Status: Passed Senate, Died in House
Position: Support
Legislation
Mar 05, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Threats Against "Public Officials"

Though very sympathetic to the interest in protecting election officials in light of the nationwide upswell of threats made to these personnel, we opposed legislation which would make it a felony to threaten harm, directly or indirectly, to an election official or poll worker.
Status: Passed House, Died in Senate
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Feb 22, 2024
first amendment
  • First Amendment

Explicit Digital Images (H 7101, H 8129)

As juvenile and inadvisable as it is to use generative artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit, but fake, digital images, criminalizing the dissemination of such digitally generated content raises numerous First Amendment concerns.
Status: Passed House, Died in Senate
Position: Oppose