Senate Democrats loved it, House Democrats hated it
The ACLU and American Association of University Professors opposed it, but Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the legislation anyway.
Ohio is the latest state to ban so-called free speech zones at public universities, which cordon off student speech to tiny, out-of-the-way areas that may also require reservations or prior approval to use.
SB-40 also bans public institutions from charging security fees for student events based on viewpoint or anticipated reaction – a commonproblem for right-of-centerevents – and adopts the Supreme Court’s definition of student-on-student “harassment,” which is far narrower than standards often found in campus codes.