Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes lawsuits against libraries that don't remove harmful materials following complaints in the state of Idaho.

Highlights:

• Prohibits schools or public libraries from promoting to minors pictures, photographs, drawings, sculptures, motion picture films representing a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity (Sec. 2). 

• Authorizes that any minor who obtains material or parent or legal guardian whose child obtains the material to bring action to institutions, with consideration to the following (Sec. 2): 

• The institution failed to take reasonable steps to restrict access by minors to the harmful material; 

• The parent has provided a written notice to the violating institutions; and

• Upon receiving a written notice, the institution fails to relocate the material harmful to the minor. 

• Establishes that any minor, parent or legal guardian shall be compensated in two hundred and fifty dollars in statutory damages (Sec. 1). 

• Require schools and public libraries to have an accessible form allowing people to request review of material that they consider harmful to minors (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes lawsuits against libraries that don't remove harmful materials following complaints in the state of Idaho.

Highlights:

• Prohibits schools or public libraries from promoting to minors pictures, photographs, drawings, sculptures, motion picture films representing a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity (Sec. 2). 

• Authorizes that any minor who obtains material or parent or legal guardian whose child obtains the material to bring action to institutions, with consideration to the following (Sec. 2): 

• The institution failed to take reasonable steps to restrict access by minors to the harmful material; 

• The parent has provided a written notice to the violating institutions; and

• Upon receiving a written notice, the institution fails to relocate the material harmful to the minor. 

• Establishes that any minor, parent or legal guardian shall be compensated in two hundred and fifty dollars in statutory damages (Sec. 1). 

• Require schools and public libraries to have an accessible form allowing people to request review of material that they consider harmful to minors (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes lawsuits against libraries that don't remove harmful materials following complaints in the state of Idaho.

Highlights:

• Prohibits schools or public libraries from promoting to minors pictures, photographs, drawings, sculptures, motion picture films representing a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity (Sec. 2). 

• Authorizes that any minor who obtains material or parent or legal guardian whose child obtains the material to bring action to institutions, with consideration to the following (Sec. 2): 

• The institution failed to take reasonable steps to restrict access by minors to the harmful material; 

• The parent has provided a written notice to the violating institutions; and

• Upon receiving a written notice, the institution fails to relocate the material harmful to the minor. 

• Establishes that any minor, parent or legal guardian shall be compensated in two hundred and fifty dollars in statutory damages (Sec. 1). 

• Require schools and public libraries to have an accessible form allowing people to request review of material that they consider harmful to minors (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text