Last updated on January 29, 2025
Impact on Libraries
This bill does not directly affect public librarians, but it does remove an exemption for K-12 school librarians that would allow them to be prosecuted for a crime if they are found guilty of providing “obscene and other sexual materials and performances”.
There is no definition for “other sexual materials and performances”, which is an overreach; the current version would mean that a librarian could be charged for public indecency for providing materials on puberty.
Sponsors: Gleim, Roae, Banta, Hamm, M. Mackenzie, Stehr, Grove, Kauffman, Cutler, Leadbeter, Smith, Rowe, Zimmerman and Walsh. (Note: Sponsors in our region have been marked in bold.)
Previously proposed as HB209 2023-24 Legislative Session (died in committee)
Actions
- Introduced January 22, 2025
- Referred to House Committee on Education, January 22, 2025