RELATING TO THE FREEDOM TO READ.

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Overview Bill text 1 History 6 Sponsors

Requires the Department of Education to select materials for inclusion, circulation, and exclusion in school library collections according to certain criteria. Requires the Department of Education to uphold the freedom to read. Prohibits the Department of Education from excluding books based on certain criteria.

Requires the State Librarian to select materials for inclusion, circulation, and exclusion in school library collections according to certain criteria. Requires the State Librarian to uphold the freedom to read. Prohibits the State Librarian from excluding books based on certain criteria.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Jan 17, 2025
Last action: Jan 17, 2025 — Introduced.
Session: 2026
Momentum: 35 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 4%, measured from HI's completed sessions
Momentum -3 35/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 633 days quiet

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