Virginia House Bill 2136 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Removal or restriction of access to printed or audiovisual material in public school libraries; review standards and procedures; protected classes or characteristics. Prohibits local school boards from removing or restricting access to printed or audiovisual materials available in public school libraries solely on the basis of the presence of characters, literary elements, themes, symbols, or other literary content relating to protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability or other medical condition, or protected classes as defined in relevant law. The bill further provides that each school board must apply review standards related to the removal or restriction of access to printed or audiovisual material in public secondary school libraries, including those involving sexual content or nudity, consistently and equally, free from viewpoint discrimination based on the presence of literary representations of or literary content relating to such protected classes or protected characteristics.

Public school libraries; removal or restriction of access to printed or audiovisual material.

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Education
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2023-01-23	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100419D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	87.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2136
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2136+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2136F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0901V0019+HB2136