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BOISE — A bill to restrict minors’ access to materials deemed harmful has once again been introduced in the Idaho Legislature.
BOISE — A bill to restrict minors’ access to materials deemed harmful has once again been introduced in the Idaho Legislature.
Several states have passed laws that could sentence people for years if they provide ‘obscene’ books to minors.
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in March signed a bill that made school and public libraries criminally liable for giving “obscene” material to minors. The bill removed schools and libraries from a law that exempts certain institutions from prosecution for giving a minor material that’s “claimed to be obscene.” If […]
While the state’s two proposed bills targeting libraries and librarians failed, the effort to address what books libraries may stock and lend will appear in the next legislative session. Many of these bans target LGBTQ+ themes.