AR Times: “Arkansas librarians can breathe a sigh of relief.
After more than three hours of discussion Tuesday that included plenty of racy language, a House committee voted down Sen. Dan Sullivan’s bill to create a process for elected officials to declare library materials inappropriate and to establish penalties for librarians that furnish obscene materials to minors.
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Sullivan said his bill was misunderstood and that rumors about the bill’s impact had gotten out of hand. He said he couldn’t count how many times he’s been called a Nazi or a fascist because of the bill.
Collins pointed out that the bill doesn’t require library patrons or local citizens to be the ones making complaints. The bill would lead to people traveling the state and making challenges to library materials, he said.”