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Board hears legislative update: bill on minors’ access to libraries remains in committee; penal-code changes cited as potential risk to staff

3440001 · May 20, 2025
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Summary

Library senior staff briefed the Municipal Library Board on state bills that could affect library operations, including House Bill 3225 (minors’ access) and measures altering penal-code defenses for obscenity and harm-to-children statutes.

Library senior staff briefed the Municipal Library Board on several state legislative items during the May 20 meeting, telling commissioners one bill that would affect minors’ access to library materials has passed the Texas House and remained in the Senate State Affairs Committee as of the briefing.

Nut graf: Board members were warned that certain state proposals could force operational changes and would carry staff-time or legal consequences; staff said they are coordinating with other North Texas library systems and the Texas Library…

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