As a former student journalist, Sen. Adam Morfeld of Lincoln passionately advocated for the advancement of his bill, which creates the Student Protection Journalism Act.On March 18, after three days of heated legislative debate, LB88 advanced with a 28-15 vote.His bill would designate public high schools and post-secondary school publications as public forums not subject to article prior review. The bill also prevents student disciplinary action for exercising freedom of speech and press rights.Morfeld invoked cloture after a full eight hours of debate, which is a legislative motion used to stop debate and have senators vote on the bill and any amendments.After the cloture motion passed with a 33-12 vote, Albrecht’s amendment failed and the bill advanced to the next round of debates.Full story:  https://nebraskanewsservice.net/news/bill-to-protect-student-journalist-expression-advances-filibuster-overcome/

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