A law that could jail librarians and booksellers is being challenged with a lawsuit claiming it is unconstitutional. The law is set to be enacted on Aug. 1.
https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/jun/08/watch-county-library-director-joins-suit-opposing/
#ARLX #SB81 #BookBan #Act372

A bill designed to codify a process for challenging items in public and school libraries as well as remove a defense for librarians under current obscenity law was sent to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Wednesday morning.
https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/mar/30/library-bill-lands-on-governors-desk/
#LocalNews #ARPX #SB81

I wouldn't have believed I could make the papers this much in a year, much less two months. The latest was precipitated by Meeks complaining during the #SB81 vote that his book challenges showed the need for reform. #freedomtoread
https://arktimes.com/news/2023/03/17/heres-the-story-of-what-happened-when-rep-stephen-meeks-challenged-a-sex-ed-book-at-the-faulkner-county-library

After the gay panic in Jonesboro I received letters from NW Arkansas telling me to remove obscene titles I do not have. #SB81 would seem to allow all these mad Cabot ladies to challenge my whole collection if it was affecting them. Shouldn't local control mean local challenges?

I had the pleasure of speaking with the House Judiciary committee today along with dozens of other people. I planned to beat the constitutional drum again, as I had for the Senate Judiciary last month. #SB81 has occupied a lot of valuable real estate in my head lately. #arleg #arpx

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SB81:
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#SB81

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I am at the capital today to speak for #libraries and against #sb81, which is wildly unconstitutional and a poor response to a made-up moral panic.

Amazing that #sb81 finally gets a thorough amending and all they did was add reconsideration policies which will be pointless if you have criminalized anything that isn't suitable for children. #Arleg #arpx #FreedomToRead

https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB81.pdf