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Committee debates HB 273 on parental access to minors’ library records; library representatives warn of costs and complexity
Summary
Representative Mike Drago introduced HB 273 to allow parents access to their minor children’s library borrowing records; librarians and trustees said many mechanisms already exist and raised staffing, privacy and operational costs for smaller and non-automated libraries.
House Bill 273, introduced by Representative Mike Drago, would allow a parent to obtain their minor child’s library borrowing record. Drago said parents are often surprised that signing a child up for a library card may remove parental access to borrowing records and described practical problems such as tracking down a lost item when the parent does not know which title was checked out.
Drago told the committee a parent in his district ordered a book on a child’s account and the library refused to disclose the title,…
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