l9n/ Connecticut

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 523

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CURATION AND RETENTION OF LITERARY MATERIALS CONTAINED IN PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND LEGAL PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO LIBRARIANS AND STAFF WORKING IN SUCH LIBRARIES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on January 13, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To protect state residents by prohibiting public and school libraries from censoring books and providing librarians and other library staff members with legal protections, including immunity from criminal and civil liability, for carrying out work-related duties in accordance with state law.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Julie Kushner

In the House of Representatives

    10 co-sponsors

    Raghib Allie-Brennan, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Laurie Sweet, William Heffernan, Nick Gauthier, Lucy Dathan, Josh Elliott, Frank Smith, Jonathan Steinberg, Aimee Berger-Girvalo

    Its course

    January 13 to January 13, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action1 action on 1 day

    In the SenateJan 13 to Jan 13 · stopped0 days

    Judiciary CommitteeJan 13 to Jan 13 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 13

    1. Jan 13Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    All 1 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses