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VirginiaHB24002025 Regular SessionHouse
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; model policies for review of print, etc.
Sponsored By: Phillip A. Scott (Republican)
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Summary
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; model policies for review of print and audiovisual materials; sexually explicit visual content prohibited. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board model policies prohibiting any school library in any public elementary or secondary school from obtaining or possessing any print or audiovisual materials that contain sexually explicit visual content, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill requires such model policies to (i) require the review of any print or audiovisual material that is (a) made available to any such school for placement in any school library or (b) accessible to students in any school library for the purpose of determining whether such material contains sexually explicit visual content; (ii) provide for the removal or exclusion from any school library of any print or audiovisual material that, upon review, is determined to contain sexually explicit visual content; and (iii) establish guidelines for implementing such policies in accordance with the provisions of the bill to ensure compliance with the First Amendment to the Constitution of United States and Article 1, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill requires each school board to adopt policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies adopted by the Department of Education pursuant to the bill. Finally, the bill amends the exception in current law to the prohibition of certain sales and loans to juveniles for the purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of certain materials to schools to clarify that the exception does not apply in the case of public school libraries as provided in the provisions of the bill.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Phillip A. Scott
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 1/28/2025
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
Yes: 5 • No: 3
Actions Timeline
Left in Education
2/4/2025HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
1/28/2025HouseAssigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
1/24/2025HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2400)
1/20/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Education
1/8/2025HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100352D
1/8/2025House
Bill Text
Introduced
1/8/2025
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