{"bill":{"bill_key":"WV-HB4654-2024","title":"Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter","side":"anti","state":"WV","year":2024,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"engrossed","summary":"Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter","notes":"removes obscenity exemptions from schools, libraries","types_str":"Censorship: Book Ban","sponsor_mix":"R","final_margin_pct":87.6,"url":"https://legiscan.com/WV/bill/HB4654/2024","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 4654, 86th Leg., 2d Reg. Sess. (W. Va. 2024), http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4654&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill.","short":"W. Va. H.B. 4654."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Brandon Steele","party":"R","state":"WV","district":"HD-042","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20548"},{"name":"Henry Dillon","party":"R","state":"WV","district":"HD-029","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24280"},{"name":"Geoff Foster","party":"R","state":"WV","district":"HD-020","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-16928"}],"citations":["WV:61-8A-2","WV:61-8A-3"],"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":2245}]}}