VA SB787 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 14 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-19 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Public school libraries; printed or audiovisual materials; selection, evaluation, and checkout procedures. Requires each local school board to adopt policies addressing the selection and evaluation of all printed or audiovisual materials purchased by, donated to, or otherwise made available to the school division that will be made available to students in school libraries, with clear procedures for (i) mandatory prior written parental consent before a student is permitted to check out from the school library any such printed or audiovisual materials that depict a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration and (ii) handling challenged controversial instruction materials.

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Title

Public school libraries; printed or audiovisual materials, selection, evaluation, & checkout proced.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-01-19SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-11SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2022-11-14SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-11-14SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100610D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221253.13:7(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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