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AZ SB1435

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/24/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jake Hoffman

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits public school employees and contractors from referring students to or using sexually explicit materials, with exemptions allowed for materials with serious educational, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value that have written parental consent on a per-material basis

  • Prohibits public library employees and contractors from referring unemancipated minors to sexually explicit materials or facilitating their access to such materials in any manner

  • Establishes a Class 5 felony penalty for public school or public library employees and contractors who violate these provisions with criminal negligence

  • Requires all current and future public school and public library employees and contractors to sign acknowledgment forms confirming they have read the applicable restrictions on sexually explicit materials

  • Defines "sexually explicit materials" as textual, visual, or audio content depicting sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or ultimate sexual acts including intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, or sodomy

Legislative Description

Schools; libraries; explicit materials; training

Prohibition

Last Action

House consent calendar

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules3/5/2026
Government2/24/2026
Rules1/28/2026
Government Institutions1/28/2026

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