Risking Free Speech with Broad New Election?Season Speech Crimes

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This bill criminalizes certain statements deemed threatening or intimidating toward candidates for public office, empowers candidates to trigger investigations by the Secretary of State, and adds penalties that can chill robust political speech. CPAC defends the First Amendment and opposes subjectively enforced speech restrictions around elections and opposed this bill. The House passed this bill on 2025-05-29 by a vote of 27-15. The bill later became law.