SB 1090 Summary

• Prohibits public schools from referring students to or using sexually explicit material, with exemptions requiring serious educational/literary/artistic/political/scientific value, written parental consent on a per-material basis, and alternative assignments for students without consent.

• Makes school employees or independent contractors guilty of a class 5 felony if they violate this prohibition with criminal negligence.

• Prohibits public library employees or independent contractors from referring unemancipated minors to or facilitating their access to sexually explicit material, with criminal negligence violations constituting a class 5 felony.

• Defines "sexually explicit materials" to include textual, visual, audio, or other medium materials depicting sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or ultimate sexual acts (including intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, or sodomy).

• Changes title 34, chapter 5 heading from "computer access" to "public access to computers and libraries" and adds new article 2 establishing library access restrictions for minors.