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2023 SESSION
HB 1379 Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials, etc.
Introduced by: Timothy Anderson-Resigned 4/3 | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to (i) maintain in an electronic spreadsheet or a substantially similar electronic format a catalog of all printed and audiovisual materials, as defined in the bill, that are contained in the school library; (ii) identify each item in such catalog by title, author, and such other identifying features or information as the principal or his designee deems appropriate; (iii) identify with a prominent notation in such catalog each item that contains graphic sexual content, as defined in the bill; (iv) make such catalog available to any parent of a student enrolled in the school; (v) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to restrict his child's access to any item in such catalog that is identified as containing graphic sexual content; and (vi) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to request a graphic sexual content review by school administrators for any item in such catalog that is not so identified.
FULL TEXT
- 11/04/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100713D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23100713D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 11/04/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100713D
- 11/04/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/16/23 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
- 01/17/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/18/23 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/20/23 House: Read first time
- 01/23/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/25/23 House: Read second time
- 01/25/23 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/25/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1379E
- 01/25/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23100713D-E
- 01/26/23 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/23 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N)
- 01/27/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/16/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)