Lance Russell: “What this bill tries to do is create or carve out an…”

“… entity, that what you do is you give those people a reasonable accommodation that doesn't infringe upon the rights of the other employees or the other people affected. And so What this bill tries to do is create or carve out an opportunity for the school districts of the state and the other governmental entities to give a reasonable accommodation without infringing upon the rights of the rest of us. And I think that. I really think I struggled with the bill. I studied it when I got a copy of it from the good representative from eastern South Dakota, and I thought, you know what?” (00:59–01:19)

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