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Committee clears bill to let state library distribute surplus materials and tie state aid to reporting
Summary
Senate Bill 22‑19 would allow the State Library to distribute weeded materials directly to qualifying public and K‑12 libraries and make state aid contingent on completion of the annual public library survey. The committee voted 11‑0, 2 absent to give the bill a due pass.
The Political Subdivisions Committee voted to give Senate Bill 22‑19 a due‑pass recommendation after testimony from the State Library and the bill’s sponsor.
Senator Sean Cleary (District 35) told the committee the bill would restore an exemption allowing the State Library to send surplus, or ‘‘weeded,’’ materials directly to public and K‑12 libraries without routing each item through the Office of State Surplus. “This would bring back…
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