5162-S AMS PREN S1769.1

SSB 5162 - S AMD

By Senators Prentice, Moore and Franklin

    On page 6, beginning on line 17, strike all of section 8, and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 8.  (1) Section 3 of this act shall not be interpreted to apply to:

    (a) The actions of any agent, officer, or employee of the health care facility, acting within the scope of his or her agency, office, or employment; or

    (b) The actions of any law enforcement officer, acting within the scope of his or her agency; or

    (c) Any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by the first article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or Article I, section 5 of the State Constitution; or

    (d) Conduct by a party to a labor dispute in furtherance of labor or management objectives in that dispute.

    (2) In the event that any of the exemptions contained within this section are ruled invalid, the legislature intends that the remainder of chapter . . ., Laws of 1993 (this act) should not be affected."

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