Right now we have SB 1322, allowing Communist Party members to use school properties, be employed by schools, etc. [See article XX, Section 3 of the state Constitition.] 2 amendments were offered by Republican colleagues DeVore and Garrick, to replace the current law with one disallowing known donors and members of terrorist organizations to be disallowed from access to campus employment and assembly. These amendments were laid on the table. Which means the amendments were not directly debated nor voted upon. So, if you want to know how the votes went, look for the "aye" votes on tabling the amends, what is basically ignoring the amends, to allow terrorist organizations to continue access. [41 Dem votes Aye on tabling amendment 1, 32 No votes. 35 Dem votes Aye on tabling amendment 2, 30 No votes]
The bill exists because of the belief that Communism is no longer a threat or problem to our way of life. That this is protecting people’s constitutional rights by not having to take an oath of not being a Communist party member to work for the government. Without the amends, it still exempts terrorist organizations too. The bill-in-chief itself received 39 Aye votes, short of the needed 41. and had to be placed "on call.’ The next round of voting achieved the 41 votes, the bill is out.
Yup, we’re back in session all right.