BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5608: Free speech policy/higher ed

Adopting free speech policy statements at public institutions of higher education.

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to adopting free speech policy statements at public institutions of higher education;

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 31, 2025First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5608 (2023–24) Medical use of cannabis · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2021–22) Park and land public access · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2019–20) B&O manufacturing tax rate · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2017–18) Minors/homeless info. system · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2015–16) Job applicants/arrests, etc. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2013–14) Corporate officers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5608 (2011–12) Student veterans/higher ed · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2009–10) Genetic counselors · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 302, Laws of 2009