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1		AN ACT concerning local government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Illinois Local Library Act is amended by
5		adding Section 1-8 as follows:
6		(75 ILCS 5/1-8 new)
7		Sec. 1-8. Book bans prohibited. The board of trustees or
8		staff of a public library established under this Act shall not
9		limit access to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, or any
10		other books or materials in the library or prohibit the
11		purchase for the library's collection of biographies,
12		autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials
13		based upon the depiction in those books or materials of
14		matters of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and
15		reproductive health, gender identity, religion, human rights
16		activism, or any other subject. This Section does not restrict
17		the board of trustees or staff of a public library established
18		under this Act from imposing limitations on access to books or
19		materials in the library for public safety reasons or based
20		upon the age and developmental level of persons who will have
21		access to those books or materials.
22		Section 10. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by

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1		changing Section 3 as follows:
2		(75 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 81, par. 113)
3		Sec. 3. The State Librarian and his or her staff shall
4		administer the provisions of this Act and shall prescribe such
5		rules and regulations as are necessary to carry the provisions
6		of this Act into effect.
7		The rules and regulations established by the State
8		Librarian for the administration of this Act shall be designed
9		to achieve the following standards and objectives:
10		(A) provide library service for every citizen in the state
11		by extending library facilities to areas not now served; .
12		(B) provide library materials for student needs at every
13		educational level; .
14		(C) provide adequate library materials to satisfy the
15		reference and research needs of the people of this state; .
16		(D) provide an adequate staff of professionally trained
17		librarians for the state; .
18		(E) provide an adequate stock of books and other materials
19		sufficient in size and varied in kind and subject matter to
20		satisfy the library needs of the people of this state; .
21		(F) provide adequate library outlets and facilities
22		convenient in time and place to serve the people of this
23		state; .
24		(G) encourage existing and new libraries to develop
25		library systems serving a sufficiently large population to

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1		support adequate library service at reasonable cost; .
2		(H) foster the economic and efficient utilization of
3		public funds; .
4		(I) promote the full utilization of local pride,
5		responsibility, initiative and support of library service and
6		at the same time employ state aid as a supplement to local
7		support; and .
8		(J) prohibit the library systems established under this
9		Act and their staff from limiting access to biographies,
10		autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials and
11		prohibit the purchase of biographies, autobiographies,
12		memoirs, or any other books or materials based upon the
13		depiction in those books or materials of matters of race,
14		ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion,
15		human rights activism, or any other subject. This paragraph
16		(J) does not restrict a library system or its staff from
17		imposing limitations on access to books or materials in the
18		library system for public safety reasons or based upon the age
19		and developmental level of persons who will have access to
20		those books or materials.
21		The Advisory Committee of the Illinois State Library shall
22		confer with, advise and make recommendations to the State
23		Librarian regarding any matter under this Act and particularly
24		with reference to the formation of library systems.
25		(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3077.)

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1		Section 15. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
2		amended by adding Section 1-60 as follows:
3		(75 ILCS 16/1-60 new)
4		Sec. 1-60. Book bans prohibited. The board of trustees or
5		staff of a library established under this Act shall not limit
6		access to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, or any other
7		books or materials in the library or prohibit the purchase for
8		the library's collection of biographies, autobiographies,
9		memoirs, or any other books or materials based upon the
10		depiction in those materials of matters of race, ethnicity,
11		sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender
12		identity, religion, human rights activism, or any other
13		subject. This Section does not restrict the board of trustees
14		or staff of a library established under this Act from imposing
15		limitations on access to books or materials in the library for
16		public safety reasons or based upon the age and developmental
17		level of persons who will have access to those books or
18		materials.
19		Section 20. The Village Library Act is amended by adding
20		Section 6 as follows:
21		(75 ILCS 40/6 new)
22		Sec. 6. Book bans prohibited. The board of trustees or
23		staff of a village library established under this Act shall

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1		not limit access to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, or
2		any other books or materials in the library or prohibit the
3		purchase for the village library's collection of biographies,
4		autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials
5		based upon the depiction in those materials of matters of
6		race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive
7		health, gender identity, religion, human rights activism, or
8		any other subject. This Section does not restrict the board of
9		trustees of a village library established under this Act from
10		imposing limitations on access to books or materials in the
11		village library for public safety reasons or based upon the
12		age and developmental level of persons who will have access to
13		those books or materials.
14		Section 25. The School Code is amended by by adding
15		Sections 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
16		(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
17		Sec. 10-20.85. Book bans prohibited. Neither a school
18		district nor its staff shall limit access to biographies,
19		autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials in a
20		school library or prohibit the purchase for the school
21		library's collection of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs,
22		or any other books or materials based upon the depiction in
23		those materials of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual
24		orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity,

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1		religion, human rights activism, or any other subject. This
2		Section does not restrict a school district or its staff from
3		imposing limitations on access to books or materials in a
4		school library for public safety reasons or based upon the age
5		and developmental level of students who will have access to
6		those books or materials.
7		(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
8		Sec. 34-18.82. Book bans prohibited. Neither the school
9		district nor its staff shall limit access to biographies,
10		autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials in a
11		school library or prohibit the purchase for the school
12		library's collection of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs,
13		or any other books or materials based upon the depiction in
14		those materials of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual
15		orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity,
16		religion, human rights activism, or any other subject. This
17		Section does not restrict the school district or its staff
18		from imposing limitations on access to books or materials in a
19		school library for public safety reasons or based upon the age
20		and developmental level of students who will have access to
21		those books or materials.