{"bill":{"bill_key":"AR-HB1028-2025","title":"To Amend Provisions Of The Law Concerning Obscenity And The Process For Challenging Materials Included In A Library; And To Require A Library To Have A Policy Prohibiting Book Banning In Order To Receive State Funding.","side":"pro","state":"AR","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"failed","summary":"To Amend Provisions Of The Law Concerning Obscenity And The Process For Challenging Materials Included In A Library; And To Require A Library To Have A Policy Prohibiting Book Ban…","notes":"Repeal of school obscenity ban - ban included references to sexual conduct but without direct SOGI mentions","types_str":"Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws|Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/AR/bill/HB1028/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 1028, 95th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ark. 2025), https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1028&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R.","short":"Ark. H.B. 1028."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Andrew Collins","party":"D","state":"AR","district":"HD-073","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20762"},{"name":"Joy Springer","party":"D","state":"AR","district":"HD-076","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-21629"}],"citations":["AR:13-2-106","AR:13-2-704","AR:25-19-101","AR:5-27-212","AR:5-68-308","AR:5-68-405","AR:5-68-501","AR:6-25-105"],"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":23157,"pdf_href":"/bills/AR-HB1028-2025/pdf/0/intro"}]}}