Bill Text: IA HF2040 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-16 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 90. [HF2040 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2040-Introduced.html
House
File
2040
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2040
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
obscenity
exemptions
for
public
libraries
1
and
educational
institutions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
REPEAL.
Section
728.7,
Code
2024,
is
repealed.
1
EXPLANATION
2
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
3
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
4
This
bill
repeals
Code
section
728.7,
which
relates
to
5
obscenity
exemptions
for
public
libraries
and
educational
6
institutions.
7
Code
section
728.7
currently
provides
that
nothing
in
Code
8
chapter
728
(obscenity)
prohibits
the
use
of
appropriate
9
material
for
educational
purposes
in
any
accredited
school,
any
10
public
library,
or
in
any
educational
program
in
which
a
minor
11
is
participating.
Code
section
728.7
further
provides
that
12
Code
chapter
728
does
not
prohibit
the
attendance
of
minors
13
at
an
exhibition
or
display
of
art
works
or
the
use
of
any
14
materials
in
any
public
library.
15
Code
section
728.1
defines
“obscene
material”,
which
16
includes
material
the
average
person,
taking
the
material
as
17
a
whole
and
applying
contemporary
community
standards
with
18
respect
to
what
is
suitable
material
for
minors,
would
find
19
appeals
to
the
prurient
interest
and
is
patently
offensive;
20
and
the
material,
taken
as
a
whole,
lacks
serious
literary,
21
scientific,
political,
or
artistic
value.
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