Utah House panel OKs bill setting free speech standards on campuses

SALT LAKE CITY — A House committee endorsed a bill Tuesday attempting to strike a balance between protected and unprotected speech on college campuses in Utah."If you want to know if we have a problem in Utah, we absolutely have some questionable policies that reflect some limits on constitutionally protected speech," said Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan.HB398would put into law free speech standards established by the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee voted 7-1 to move the bill to the Hous