SB 120-05: Banning Books Bad Act - Passed

[OSR stands with Israel]

Proposing this amendment

Banning Books Bad Act

SENATE BILL

to end the practice of banning access to reading materials due to partisan disapproval

Be it enacted,

Section I: Book Ban Penalties

1. No federal funds shall be awarded to any municipal, county, state, or regional library if such library bans or restricts access to a book or other resource within the library's collection because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

2. No federal funds shall be awarded to any municipal, county, state, or regional library if such library fails to adopt a policy that prohibits the practice of banning or restricting access to a specific book or resource because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

3. Notwithstanding any regional or federal law to the contrary, a board of education of a school district shall not ban or restrict access to a book or other resource within a school library's collection because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
a. The SubDepartment of Education is hereby authorized to withhold all of part of any federal aid paid to any school district for a board of education's failure to comply with the provisions of this law.

Section II: Implementation

1. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Aye

[OSR stands with Israel]

Proposing this amendment
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I'd appreciate the inclusion of an advocacy statement in the future, otherwise the Senate has no reason to approve such an amendment. The section you propose striking from the bill forbids school districts from banning books out of doctrinal disapproval. Do you favor book bans for such reasons?

Nay on the amendment.

How do you define “doctrinal disapproval” . For example I doubt school districts would allow books that contain Nazi propaganda to be in their libraries for obvious reasons

[OSR stands with Israel]

Nay