03/23/2026 03:30 PM Senate EDUCATION

         SB 238-LIBRARY MATERIALS POLICIES; CENSORSHIP                                                                      
3:35:05 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN  announced the consideration  of SENATE BILL  NO. 238                                                               
"An Act relating  to access to library material;  and relating to                                                               
affirmative defenses  to the offenses  of enticement of  a minor,                                                               
contributing to the  delinquency of a minor,  and distribution of                                                               
indecent material to minors."                                                                                                   
CHAIR TOBIN said the committee would consider a CS for SB 238.                                                                  
3:35:36 PM                                                                                                                    
JENNA  COLQUHOUN, Staff,  Senator  Scott  Kawasaki, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, offered a  summary of changes for SB
, version I to version G:                                                                                                    
[Original punctuation provided.]                                                                                                
          Senate Bill 238  Library Materials Policies;                                                                        
                           Censorship                                                                                         
           Summary of Changes  Version I to Version G                                                                         
     Changes   the   responsibility  of   establishing   and                                                                    
     updating  the model  library curation  policy from  the                                                                    
     Commissioner of  the Department of Education  and Early                                                                    
     Development  to the  Director of  the  division of  the                                                                    
     department   that   has    responsibility   for   state                                                                    
     libraries, archives, and museums.                                                                                          
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     Alters  the requirements  necessary for  a patron  of a                                                                    
     public library to submit  a reconsideration request for                                                                    
     a  library  material  from someone  who  has  used  the                                                                    
     services of the  public library in the  past five years                                                                    
     to a person who holds  a current library card issued by                                                                    
     the public library for at least six months.                                                                                
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     A new paragraph  was added to define  "director" as the                                                                    
     Director  of the  division of  the department  that has                                                                    
     responsibility  for  state   libraries,  archives,  and                                                                    
     museums.                                                                                                                   
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3:36:48 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN solicited a motion.                                                                                                 
3:36:50 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEVENS moved to adopt the committee substitute (CS) for                                                                
SB 238, work order 34-LS1136\G, as the working document.                                                                        
3:37:03 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN found no objection and CSSB 238 was adopted as the                                                                  
working document.                                                                                                               
3:37:17 PM                                                                                                                    
MS. COLQUHOUN commented that SB 238 is a great piece of                                                                         
legislation that librarians support.                                                                                            
3:37:39 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN solicited the will of the committee.                                                                                
3:37:40 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  STEVENS  moved  to  report  CSSB  238,  work  order  34-                                                               
LS1136\G,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached fiscal  note(s), authorizing Legislative  Legal Services                                                               
to make technical and conforming changes.                                                                                       
3:38:00 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN found no objection and CSSB 238(EDC) was reported                                                                   
from the Senate Education Standing Committee.