Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB5898: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE AVAILABILITY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Status: Introduced, January 22, 2025
What the bill says
An act PROHIBITING THE AVAILABILITY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require that public school libraries prevent minors from access to any material that depicts (1) pornography, (2) sexually explicit conduct, (3) touching a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person is a female, breast, (4) a nude performance, (5) a person in a state of sexual excitement, or (6) sado-masochistic abuse or masturbation. Statement of Purpose: To prevent student access to sexually explicit mate.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE AVAILABILITY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require that public school libraries prevent minors from access to any material that depicts (1) pornography, (2) sexually explicit conduct, (3) touching a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person is a female, breast, (4) a nude performance, (5) a person in a state of sexual excitement, or (6) sado-masochistic abuse or masturbation. Statement of Purpose: To prevent student access to sexually explicit material in public school libraries. LCO No. 2779 1 of
Sponsors
- Anne Dauphinais (R, 44) · primary sponsor
- Gale Mastrofrancesco (R, 80)
- Craig Fishbein (R, 90)
- Minnie Gonzalez (D, 3)
- Christine Pavalock-D'Amato (R, 77)