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A group of booksellers and publishers filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas book ratings law that would ban certain books over sexual content.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a book ratings law that will take effect on Sep. 1, 2023. Publishers and book sellers are filing a lawsuit in an attempt to block the law.
AUSTIN — A coalition including Texas bookstores, national booksellers, authors and publishers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop a new law they say amounts to "state censorship."
HB 900 was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year. It is set to go into effect on Sept. 1 and requires book vendors to assign ratings.
Valerie Koehler says that if her book shop is forced to comply with a new state law regulating public school literature, she might go out of business.