Public Safety Free Speech Act
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Summary
The Public Safety Free Speech Act creates a federal cause of action allowing law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel to sue their employers for adverse employment actions taken in retaliation for statements on matters including public safety delivery, compensation, working conditions, employer policies, and political or religious opinions. The bill permits recovery of actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, attorneys' fees, and costs, with exceptions for statements made while on duty, those encouraging violence or illegal acts, those advocating discrimination, those disclosing confidential information about individuals, or those calling for withholding essential services as protest.
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