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Weeks after a library materials regulation bill failed by one vote in the state Senate, Idaho lawmakers on Monday quickly advanced an amended library bill that stalled earlier this session.

Weeks after a library materials regulation bill failed by one vote in the state Senate, Idaho lawmakers on Monday quickly advanced an amended library bill that stalled earlier this session. The amended bill, now headed to the Idaho House floor, would allow children or their parents to file a legal claim against a public or […] The post Idaho Republican legislators revive library materials bill appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.

Book banning has been on the rise in many states, and two bills were recently introduced in the Kansas Legislature to address book censorship in Kansas.

Hillsborough County Public Libraries are implementing a new card system that will allow parents to choose if they want to restrict their children’s access to library materials, including books.

After largely negative public testimony, Idaho legislators advanced a bill Monday that would require public and school libraries to create a review process and to restrict children’s access to harmful

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Republican lawmakers introduce a bill allowing lawsuits against libraries.

A new bill seeking to prohibit public and school libraries from making “material harmful to minors” available to children under 18 is heading to the floor of the Idaho House

Some books will be put in storage. Many will be recycled.

Idaho Republicans propose laws limiting the access minors have to “harmful” books at libraries.