{"bill":{"bill_key":"AL-HB425-2024","title":"Provision of sexual content to minor, prohibited; libraries prohibited from purchasing certain sexual content; certain entities prohibited from affiliating with American Library Assn.; cause of action, created; exception to Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act for libraries and library employees, repealed","side":"anti","state":"AL","year":2024,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Provision of sexual content to minor, prohibited; libraries prohibited from purchasing certain sexual content; certain entities prohibited from affiliating with American Library A…","notes":"defines \"gender ideology\" as sexual content and bans libraries from giving access to it to minors","types_str":"Censorship: Book Ban","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB425/2024","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 425, 2024 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Ala. 2024).","short":"Ala. H.B. 425."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Ernie Yarbrough","party":"R","state":"AL","district":"HD-007","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-24614"}],"citations":["AL:13A-12-200.1","AL:13A-12-200.10","AL:13A-12-200.7"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":6827,"pdf_href":"/bills/AL-HB425-2024/pdf/0/intro"}]},"lineage":[{"template_id":"blitz-rf-in-school-2017","template_name":"Preserving Religious Freedom in School Act","tier":"near_verbatim","predates":false}],"diffusion":{"matches":[{"other":"AL-HB107-2025","other_title":"Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established","other_state":"AL","other_year":2025,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-HB111-2024","other_title":"Sex-based terms, defined;  vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established","other_state":"AL","other_year":2024,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-HB17-2015","other_title":"Sexually oriented material, defined, excise tax levied, collection by Revenue Department, deposit in General Fund","other_state":"AL","other_year":2015,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-HB295-2022","other_title":"Abortion, fetal heartbeat; prohibits abortion if fetal heartbeat detected; private cause of action authorized.","other_state":"AL","other_year":2022,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-HB30-2005","other_title":"Sodomy and sexual misconduct that is prohibited by law, expenditures of public funds or use of public facilities by state agencies, public schools, libraries, or colleges or unive…","other_state":"AL","other_year":2005,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-SB129-2024","other_title":"Diversity, equity, and inclusion; certain public entities prohibited from maintaining office that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; certain programs related to divisive concepts or diversity, equity, and inclusion, prohibited; promotion and endorsement of certain divisive concepts in certain public settings prohibited; exceptions provided; public institution of higher education, required to designate multioccupancy restrooms based on biological sex","other_state":"AL","other_year":2024,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-SB457-2010","other_title":"Health care providers, institutions, and payers, right to decline participation in health care services that violate conscience, authorized, immunity, Health Care Rights of Conscience Act","other_state":"AL","other_year":2010,"cross_state":false},{"other":"AL-SB92-2024","other_title":"Sex-based terms, defined;  vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established","other_state":"AL","other_year":2024,"cross_state":false}]}}