{"bill":{"bill_key":"MD-HB282-2025","title":"Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers","side":"anti","state":"MD","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers","notes":"A public school library or media center may not contain sexually explicit materials. Sexually explicit materials means books and auditory and visual materials that contain graphic or obscene depictions of sexual activity that are not age-appropriate or used as part of the approved instructional materials for instruction on family life and human sexuality as part of the comprehensive health educat…","types_str":"Censorship: Book Ban","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB282/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 282, 447th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Md. 2025), https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0282?ys=2025RS.","short":"Md. H.B. 282."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Nino Mangione","party":"R","state":"MD","district":"HD-042","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20933"}],"citations":[],"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":1970,"pdf_href":"/bills/MD-HB282-2025/pdf/0/intro"}]}}