Legislation Roundup: Iowa Bill Advanced Monday Would Remove Library Exemptions From Obscenity Restrictions; Controversial Library Book Policy Bill Clears First Reading in Wyoming House
Iowa
Exemptions from restrictions on obscene materials would be lifted from Iowa public libraries under legislation advanced by state lawmakers Monday.
The bill, Senate File 2119, would repeal a section of Iowa code that provides exemptions from restrictions on obscene materials that currently applies to public libraries, which supporters of the legislation argue allows minors to access inappropriate materials through public institutions.
Librarians, however, expressed concern that repealing the exemption would make libraries and their staff vulnerable to frivolous lawsuits and restrict their abilities to distribute educational materials.
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Wyoming
The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced a controversial bill Monday that some say would ban books and restrict parental rights while others argue it is for the good of the state and its youth.
The legislation, House Bill 10, titled “Sexually explicit materials in libraries-requirements,” seeks to regulate how books with graphic sexual content are housed and challenged in the state’s public and school libraries.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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