House File 2194 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ALONS, DE BOEF, and
                                           CHAMBERS


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the use of material by minors for educational
  2    purposes at any school or library, and the attendance of
  3    minors at exhibitions or displays of art work.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5088HH 81
  6 jm/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 728.7, Code 2005, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    728.7  EXEMPTIONS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND EDUCATIONAL
  1  4 INSTITUTIONS.
  1  5    Nothing in this This chapter prohibits does not prohibit
  1  6 the use of appropriate nonobscene material for educational
  1  7 purposes in any accredited school, or any public library, or
  1  8 in any educational program in which the minor is
  1  9 participating.  Nothing in this This chapter prohibits does
  1 10 not prohibit the attendance of minors a minor at an exhibition
  1 11 or display of art works or the use of any materials in any
  1 12 public library if the minor has parental consent to attend the
  1 13 exhibition or display of art works.  This chapter also does
  1 14 not prohibit a minor's access or use of any material in any
  1 15 public library as long as the minor has parental consent to
  1 16 have access to "R" rated movies at the library and has
  1 17 parental consent to access the internet through a computer
  1 18 without a filter that protects minors from visual depictions
  1 19 of obscene material.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill relates to the use of material by minors for
  1 22 educational purposes at any school or library and the
  1 23 attendance of minors at exhibitions or displays of art work.
  1 24    The bill provides that nonobscene material may be used for
  1 25 educational purposes in any school, or public library, or any
  1 26 educational program in which a minor is participating.
  1 27 Current law provides only that appropriate material may be
  1 28 used for educational purposes at such institutions.
  1 29    The bill also provides that a minor may attend an
  1 30 exhibition or display of art works if the minor has parental
  1 31 consent to attend the exhibition or art display.
  1 32    The bill also provides that a minor may have access to any
  1 33 material at a public library if the minor has parental consent
  1 34 to access "R" rated movies or to use the internet without a
  1 35 filter.
  2  1    "Material", "obscene material", and "minor" are defined in
  2  2 Code section 728.1.
  2  3 LSB 5088HH 81
  2  4 jm:rj/gg/14.1