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Committee advances bill to bar sexually explicit material from school libraries; members seek clearer definitions
Summary
House Bill 2978, advanced by the Education Oversight Committee, would ban library materials that depict or describe sexually explicit contact in public school libraries. Sponsors say the measure protects minors; several members asked for clearer definitions and exemptions for instructional materials and survivor education.
Representative Bani presented House Bill 29‑78, which would clarify that public school library materials must not include descriptions or depictions of sexually explicit contact. She moved the committee recommendation to adopt the bill.
Committee members asked whether any books would be exempt, how the bill would apply to…
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