Display of Flags by Governmental Entities

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Defining the term “governmental entity”; prohibiting governmental entities from erecting or displaying certain flags; requiring governmental entities to remain neutral in certain circumstances; authorizing a current or retired member of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard to use reasonable force to prevent the desecration, destruction, or removal of the United States flag or to replace such flag to a position of prominence, etc.

Every action

12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Dec 16, 2024SenateFiled
2. Jan 15, 2025CommitteeReferred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
3. Feb 3, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/25, 1:45 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
4. Feb 10, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
5. Feb 11, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability5–2 vote
6. Feb 12, 2025CommitteeNow in Community Affairs · Senate Community Affairs
7. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
8. Mar 20, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Community Affairs
9. Mar 25, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 · Senate Community Affairs5–3 vote
10. Mar 26, 2025CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
11. Apr 7, 2025CommitteeWithdrawn from Rules · Senate Rules
12. Apr 7, 2025SenateWithdrawn from further consideration

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Randy FineR Primary sponsor · District 19