Bill Text: IL SB1812 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a public officer, employee, board, or representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise prohibit a book from being available for reading or circulation by members of the public in a library, school, or other publicly funded facility. Provides that the provisions do not restrict the ability to limit books in schools or in another publicly funded facility based upon the age and development level of persons who will have access to those books. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1812 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1812-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1812 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 105/4.2 new
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a public officer, employee, board, or representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise prohibit a book from being available for reading or circulation by members of the public in a library, school, or other publicly funded facility. Provides that the provisions do not restrict the ability to limit books in schools or in another publicly funded facility based upon the age and development level of persons who will have access to those books. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
LRB103 28287 AWJ 54666 b
A BILL FOR
SB1812 LRB103 28287 AWJ 54666 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
amended by adding Section 4.2 as follows:
(50 ILCS 105/4.2 new)
Sec. 4.2. Book banning prohibited.
(a) As used in this Section, "governmental unit" means a
unit of local government or school district.
(b) A public officer, employee, board, or other
representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise
prohibit a book from being available for reading or
circulation by members of the public in a library, school, or
other publicly funded facility.
(c) This Section does not restrict the ability to limit
books in schools or another publicly funded facility based
upon the age and development level of persons who will have
access to those books.
(d) A home rule unit may not regulate books in a manner
inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
units of powers and functions exercised by the State.