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HB 384 State and local employees; rights of employees, freedoms of conscience and expression.

Introduced by: Glenn R. Davis | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Administration of government; rights of state and local employees; freedoms of conscience and expression. Protects state and local government employees of the Commonwealth, defined in the bill, from being penalized by their employer for expressing their opinion regarding a current or proposed regulation, rule, policy, position, or other action or purpose of a unit of state or local government at a hearing of a public body during the time designated for public comment when such employees are speaking on their own behalf as members of the public.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Administration of government; rights of state and local employees; freedoms of conscience and expression. Protects state and local government employees from being required to take actions incompatible with their deeply held beliefs, values, or conscience or from being penalized for expressing opinions in opposition to or approval of official government policy.