California Bill Restricting Kids’ Access to Books with Sexual Content Dies in Senate Committee

Published on April 20, 2024

California lawmakers killed a bill April 17 that would have required school districts to restrict books with “harmful” sexual content from elementary and middle school classrooms and libraries. Senate Bill 1435, introduced by Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh in February, would have required school boards to restrict books with content considered harmful under California Penal Code 313 from being accessed by children below eighth grade. The penal code describes “harmful matter” as content that “depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.” The bill failed in the Senate Education Committee as members voted 3-2, with two abstentions, against advancing it....

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