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Committee approves bill to put Dolly Parton Imagination Library into state law
Summary
A committee voted 15-0 to give a favorable report to House Bill 319, which would codify the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in state law; sponsor said the program supplies monthly, age-appropriate books from birth to kindergarten, typically run locally by nonprofits with state matching funds.
House Bill 319 received a favorable committee report after the sponsor described the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and how it operates in local communities.
Representative Collins told the committee the program provides children from birth until kindergarten with monthly, age-appropriate books, often administered locally by nonprofits such as United Way and supported by a state match to local contributions. The bill would place the program’s structure into statute; the sponsor characterized the program as currently established by executive order.
Committee members asked for a brief explanation of the program’s local implementation, and the sponsor offered to share paperwork and walk through the process. The committee recorded a unanimous 15-0 vote to advance the bill.
