2025 bills / H.B. 77
H.B. 77 Flag Display Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would prohibit government entities and their employees from displaying flags on government property, except for certain exempted flags. The state auditor would enforce the ban, including by imposing fines, and people could sue over alleged violations in public schools, with the attorney general defending and the state covering individuals who enforce the rule there.
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Official description
- defines terms
- prohibits a government entity or employee of a government entity from displaying a flag in or on the grounds of government property except certain exempted flags
- requires the state auditor to ensure compliance, including by imposing fines
- establishes a cause of action for an alleged violation within the public education system
- requires the attorney general to defend and the state to hold harmless an individual acting under color of state law to enforce the flag display statute within the public education system
- provides severability
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 2 no, 2 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/13/2025 3:52 PMWho voted how
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/13/2025 3:53 PMWho voted how
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/13/2025 3:55 PMWho voted how
- 11 yes, 2 no, 3 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · 2/13/2025 3:56 PMWho voted how
- 49 yes, 20 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · 2/21/2025 4:40 PMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/28/2025 8:58 AMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 1 no, 2 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · 2/28/2025 9:49 AMWho voted how
- 21 yes, 8 noFinal Senate vote · 3/6/2025 11:14 AMWho voted how
- 53 yes, 20 no, 2 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/6/2025 3:09 PMWho voted how