SF 274 — A bill for an act relating to speech and expression at public institutions of higher education, providing for remedies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1099.) Effective 3-27-19.

KIMSenate REYNFile OLD274 S- OEnrolled FSenate FFile IC274 EAN OACT FRELATING TTO HSPEECH EAND GEXPRESSION OAT VPUBLIC EINSTITUTIONS ROF NHIGHER OEDUCATION, RPROVIDING AFOR DAREMEDIES, MAND GRINCLUDING EGGEFFECTIVE GDATE OVERPROVISIONS. NO R LT G OVE RNO R M arh 27 ,2019 T he H ono rb l P aulPate S ecretry of Stat o fIow a S tte Ca piol D es M oines,Iow a 5031 9 D ear M r.Secretary, I hereby transm i:

Sen at File2 74, an Ac trelting to s eech and exp rssion atp ubli instiutions of hi her edu caton ,providing for rm edies,a nd ic ld i geffecti eda t provisions.

T he abo ve Ho use Fie i hereby ap proved on thisd at .

S icerely, ~ Kim Reyn ol s Go verno rof Iowa c:

S ecrtary of te S enate C lrk o fthe Ho use STA TE CAP I OL DE SM O I ES,IO WA 50319 515.281.211 FAX 515.725.527 W W W.GO VE RNO R.I W A.GO V Senate F ile 274 AN ACT RELATING TO SPEECH AND EXPRESSION AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, PROVIDING FOR REMEDIES, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

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261H.l261H.1 DDefinitions. e fin itio n s.

As used in ththis ischapter, cunless hthe acontext potherwise terequires: r, u n le ss th e c o n te x t o th erw ise re q u ire s :

-BenefitN1. w ith re sp e c t to a stu d e n t o rg a n iz a tio n a t a p u b lic i n s t i t u t i o n o f h ig h er ed u catio n means any o f th e fo llo w in g :

“Benefit” with respect to a student organization at a public institution of higher education means any of the following:

RRecognition. eco g n itio n .

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RRegistration. e g is tra tio n .

Use oof ffacilities ffor ameetings c i l i t i e s fo r m eetings or speaking ppurposes. u rp o ses.

Use oof f channels oof fcommunication. com m unication.

Access to funding sosources uthat rcesare thotherwise aavailable t a re o th erw ise a v a ila b le to oother thstudent e r stu d e n t groups.

-campus“Campus communityNcommunity” means sstudents, tuadministrators, dfaculty, e n ts , a d m in is tra to rs , fa c u lty , and sstaff tat a fpublic finstitution aof thigher aeducation p u b lic i n s t i t u t i o n o f h ig h er ed u catio n and gguests uinvited e sts in v ite d to a ppublic uinstitution bof lichigher ieducation n s t i t u t i o n o f h ig h er ed u catio n by ththe einstitution’s istudents, nadministrators, sfaculty, t i t u t i o n 's s tu d e n ts , a d m in is tra to rs , fa c u lty , or sstaff. t a f f .

-.Materially“Materially and susubstantially bdisrupts” sta n tia lly d isru p ts- means when a pperson, ersowith nthe ,intent w ith th e in te n t to or wwith ith knowledge oof f doing soso, , engages in vviolent io le n t or oother thdisorderly e r d is o rd e rly conduct ththat asignificantly thinders s ig n if ic a npreviously tly h in d e rs a p re v io u sly scheduled or reservreserved ed Senate FFile ile274, 274p. , p .

2 actactivity i v ity occurring on uniuniversity vgrounds, e rsity grounds , buildings, and ffacilities. a c ilitie s ''M aterially and su b sta n tia lly d isru does not include conduct th at is protected under the f i r s t amendment to the C onstitution of the United S tates, including but not lim ited to lawful p ro tests and counterprotests.

“Materially and substantially disrupts” does not include conduct that is protected under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, including but not limited to lawful protests and counterprotests.

-outdoor“Outdoor areas oof fcampus” campus- means the generally accessible outside areas of campus where students, admadministrators, inistrators,faculty, facu lty , and sstaff taat f f a t a public ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education are commonly allowed, such as grassy areas, walkways, or other simsimilar ilar common areas and does not include areas outside health care ffacilities a c ilitie s including both stand-alone ffacilities a c ilitie s and mixed-use ffacilities athat c ilitie s th at are embedded wwithin ithin another ffacility, a c ility , veterinary medicine ffacilities, a cfacility ilitie s , a f a c ility or outdoor area used by the ininstitution’s sathletics titu tio n 's a th le tic s program or teams, or other outdoor areas where access is rerestricted s tric te d to a mmajority ajority of the campus community.

In recognition of the healing environment ththat a t is eessential sse n tia l to iits tclinical s c lin ic a l purposes, the areas outside health care ffacilities, a c ilitie s , including both stand-alone ffacilities a c ilitie s and mixed-use ffacilities athat c ilitie s th at are embedded wwithin ithin another ffacility, a c ility , are not designated public forums.

''Fublic“Public ininstitution sof titu tio n o f higher educationmeanseducation” means a community college established under chapter 260C or an ininstitution s titu tio n of higher learning governed by the sstate ta te board of regents.

-stu“Student” dmeans en tmeans an individual who is enrolled on a fufull-time ll-tim e or part-timpart-time e basis aat t a public ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education.

''student“Student organization-organization” means a group oofficially ffic ia lly recognized aat t or oofficially fficregistered ia lly reg istered by a public ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education, or a group seeking such oofficial ffic ia l recognition or oofficial fregistration, f ic ia l re g istra tio n , comprised of students who are admitted and in attendance aat t the public ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education, and who receive, or are seeking to receive, student organization bbenefits en efits or pprivileges riv ileg es through the public ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education.

261H.2 PPolicy olicy adoption.

The sstate ta te board of regents and the board of ddirectors irecto rs of each community college shshall a ll adopt a policy ththat at includes aall l l of the following statemstatements: ents:

That the primary function of an ininstitution s titu tio n of higher Senate FiFile le 274, p.

3 education is the discoverydiscovery, ,improvement, improvementtransmission, , transm ission, and dissemdissemination ination of knowledge by means of research, teaching, discussion, and debate.

This statement shshall a ll provide ththat, at , to ffulfill uthis l f i l l th is function, the ininstitution s titu tio n must strivstrive e to ensure the fufullest lle s t degree of inintellectual te lle c tu a l freedom and free expression allowed under the ffirst i r s t amendment to the CConstitution onstitution of the United SStates. tates.

That iit t is not the proper role of an ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education to shield individuals from speech protected by the ffirst i r s t amendment to the CConstitution onstitution of the United SStates, tates, which may include ideas and opinions the individual finds unwelcome, disagreeable, or even offensive.

That iit t is the proper role of an ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education to encourage ddiversity iv ersity of thoughts, ideas, and opinions and to encourage, wwithin ithin the bounds of the ffirst i r s t amendment to the CConstitution onstitution of the United SStates, tates, the peaceful, resprespectful, ectfu l, and safe exercise of ffirst i r s t amendment rigrights. h ts.

That students and faculty have the freedom to discuss any problem ththat at presents iitself, t s e l f , assemble, and engage in spontaneous expressive aactivity c tiv ity on campus, wwithin ithin the bounds of established pprinciples rin cip les of the ffirst i r s t amendment to the CConstitution onstitution of the United SStates, tates, and subject to reasonable time, place, and manner rerestrictions stricthat tio n s th at are consistent with established ffirst i r s t amendment pprinciples. rin cip les.

That the outdoor areas of campus of an ininstitution s titu tio n of higher education are public forums, open on the same terms to any invited speaker subject to reasonable time, place, and manner rerestrictions stricthat tio n s th at are consistent with established pprinciples rin cip les of the ffirst i r s t amendment to the CConstitution onstitution of the United SStates. tates.

261H.3 Protected aactivities. c tiv itie s .

Noncommercial expressive aactivities c tiv itie s protected under the provisions of ththis is chapter include but are not limlimited ited to any lawful ooral ral or wwritten ritten means by which members of the campus community may communicate ideas to one another, including but not limlimited ited to aall ll forms of peaceful assembly, pprotests, ro te sts, speeches including by invited speakers, ddistribution istrib u tio n of liteliterature, racirculating tupetitions, re , circu latin g p e titio n s, and publishing, including SSenate enateFile F274, ilep. 274 , p .

4 ppublishing uor bstreaming lish in g o r stream ing on an ininternet tesite, r n e t s i t e , audio oor r video recorded in outdoor aareas reof a s o f campus.

A member oof fthe th e campus community who wwishes ishes to engage in noncommercial eexpressive xactivity p re ssiv e a c t i v i t y in outdoor aareas reof a s o f campus sshall h a ll be ppermitted e rm itte d to do so ffreely, rsubject e e ly , s u b je c t to reasoreasonable ntime, abplace, le tim e, p la c e , and manner rrestrictions, e s t r i c t i o n s , and as long as ththe emember’s member's conduct iis s not uunlawful, n law fu l, does not impede oothers’ th e r s ' access to a ffacility a c i l i t y or use oof f walkways, and does not ddisrupt isthe rufunctioning pof tthe thpublic einstitution fu n c tio n in g o f th e p u b lic i n s t i t u t i o n of hhigher igeducation, hsubject er e d u c a tio n , s u b je c t to ththe eprotections p ro te c tio n s of susubsection b1. se c tio n 1 .

The ppublic uinstitution bof lichigher ieducation n s t i t u t i o n o f h ig h er ed u catio n may ddesignate eother sigareas nof a te o th e r a re a s o f campus aavailable vfor a ila b le fo r use by ththe e campus community according to iinstitutional npolicy, s t i t u t i o n a l p o lic y , but in aall l l cases access to ddesignated esigareas nof ated a re a s o f campus must be ggranted ran ted on a vviewpoint-neutral iebasis wwithin pthe o in t-n e u tra l b a s is w ith in th e bounds oof festablished efirst s ta b lis h e d f i r s t amendment pprinciples. r in c ip le s .

A ppublic uinstitution bof lichigher ieducation nshall s t i t u t i o n o f h ig h er ed u catio n s h a ll not deny bbenefits e n e fits or pprivileges ravailable iv ile g e s a v a ila b le to stustudent dorganizations e n t o rg a n iz a tio n s based on ththe eviewpoint viewof point o f a stustudent dorganization e n t o rg a n iz a tio n or ththe eexpression exof pthe ressioviewpoint nof o f th e view point o f a stustudent dorganization e n t o rg a n iz a tio n by ththe estudent stuorganization d e n t o rg a n iz a tio n or iits t s members pprotected ro te c te d by ththe efirst f i r s t amendment to ththe eConstitution Cof othe nUnited sStates. titu tio n o f th e U nited S ta te s .