…(R–Tyler) and sponsored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R–Mineola) in the Senate, would have restricted the access of sexually explicit material in sections of a municipal public library that are…
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Legislation to Bar Funding for Libraries That Host Drag Shows Dies in House
…funding a library that “hosts an event at which a man presenting as a woman or a woman presenting as a man reads a book or a story to a…
Federal Court Temporarily Permits Llano County To Remove Explicit Books
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that members of the Llano County Library Advisory Board must temporarily return explicit books to their municipal library. In the…
Texas House Approves Legislation to Protect Students From Sexual Content
…library catalogs, and their children’s library checkout records, and allows parents to submit a list of school library materials their children cannot check out. State Rep. Brad Buckley (R–Salado), the…
Texas Senators Consider Measure Protecting Children From Sexual Content in Public Libraries
…graphic, and so this bill requires these books be moved to the general or adult section—not removed from the library—but moved to the general or adult section so minors can…
Plan To Protect Kids From Sexual Content in Public Libraries Passes House
…adults check out the materials. HB 3225 defines “sexually explicit material” and “sexual content” and applies the rules to both physical and digital library materials. Librarians would be required to…
House Finally Hears Senate Priority To Protect Students From Sexual Content
…within 90 days. Books would be removed from circulation during reviews. Require parental access to school libraries, library catalogs, and their children’s library checkout records, and allow parents to submit…
Texas Parents Back Ban on Schools Socially Transitioning Kids
…on teachers and school librarians. Foote and two other activist librarians received an award from the American Library Association for defending students’ access to sexually explicit material, regardless of the…
5.5.2025: Gulf of America!
Legislation Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate… Waco ISD Teachers Arrested for Abusing Special Needs Children… ‘Gulf of America’ Law Heads to Texas House… Was the…
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5/2/25 The First GOP Priority Heads to Gov. Abbott
– Bill Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate – 2 Waco ISD Teachers Arrested in April for Abusing Special Needs Children – Houston City Council Will…