Text of MO HB 95 (2025)
Bans publicly funded libraries from banning books
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As introduced
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FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 95
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE EALY.
0516H.01I
DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 1, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to library collections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 1, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
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known as section 1.521, to read as follows:
1.521. 1. No library that receives any moneys from the federal government or
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the state or any political subdivision thereof shall ban or restrict access to any book or
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other resource in the library's collection because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
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2.
This section shall not be construed to require a library that receives any
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moneys from the federal government or the state or any political subdivision thereof to
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purchase or otherwise acquire a book or resource for inclusion in the library's
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collection.
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EXPLANATION —
Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.