Mass-picketing measure gets governor's veto
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has vetoed legislation that would have created the offense of unlawful mass picketing and made it a misdemeanor crime.
The Republican governor said in a letter to the Senate dated Thursday and released Friday that he vetoed Senate Bill 550 by Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, because "the bill in its current form is overbroad, vague and will have the effect of restricting both free speech and the right to assemble."
Garner said he's disappointed with Hutchinson's veto of his bill and disagreed with Hutchinson's assessment that it would restrict free speech and the right to assemble. Those are guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"We are going to weigh all our options," he said when asked if he would attempt to override Hutchinson's veto of the bill.
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