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AZ SB1007
Bill
Status
6/18/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jake Hoffman
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AI Summary
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Amends section 15-120.03 to make it a class 5 felony for public school employees or contractors acting with criminal negligence to refer students to or facilitate student access to sexually explicit materials.
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Requires written parental consent on a per-material basis before schools can use exempted sexually explicit materials with serious educational, literary, artistic, political or scientific value, with alternative assignments provided to students without parental consent.
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Adds Article 2 to Title 34, Chapter 5 to prohibit public library employees or contractors from referring unemancipated minors to or facilitating minor access to sexually explicit materials, with violating conduct involving criminal negligence classified as a class 5 felony.
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Defines "sexually explicit materials" across both school and library contexts as textual, visual or audio materials depicting sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or ultimate sexual acts including intercourse, oral sex, bestiality or sodomy.
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Changes Title 34, Chapter 5 heading from "computer access" to "public access to computers and libraries" and Article 1 heading from "access by minors" to "computer access by minors."
Legislative Description
Schools; libraries; explicit materials; classification
Prohibition
Last Action
Governor Vetoed
6/18/2024