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Senate education committee adopts substitute for library materials bill, narrows reconsideration eligibility

Alaska Senate Education Committee · March 23, 2026
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The Senate Education Committee adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 238, shifting responsibility for a model library curation policy to the director overseeing state libraries, archives and museums and changing patron reconsideration eligibility to require a current library card held for at least six months.

The Alaska Senate Education Committee on March 23 adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 238, a bill addressing library material policies and censorship. President Stevens moved adoption of the substitute as the committee's working document, and the motion passed by unanimous consent with no roll-call recorded.

Jenna Calhoun, staff to Senator Scott Kawasaki, outlined the substitute's key…

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