Read Freely celebrates legislative wins as bill to criminalize librarians dies

Read Freely celebrates legislative wins as bill to criminalize librarians dies

At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session, it appeared that a bill to criminalize librarians who shelve controversial content had considerable momentum. Nearly every Republican in the House co-sponsored the bill—practically a majority of the voting body had the bill, House Bill 4, reached the floor for a vote. Sponsors included House leadership. HB4 never made it to the House floor, however, and in fact never even made it onto an agenda f…