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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced February 18, 2025 by Jefferson Van Drew · Last progress February 18, 2025
Public Safety Free Speech Act
Allows certain public safety employees — including qualified law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel — to sue their public employer if the employer fires, disciplines, or takes other adverse actions because the employee expressed a listed personal opinion. The law first defines who counts as a covered employee and employer and what counts as personally identifiable information, then creates a private right of action with available remedies and five narrow exceptions where the protection does not apply.