HF 2309 (LSB 6801YH (4) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2309

BY  THOMSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to public library requirements for materials harmful to minors, and providing civil and criminal penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 22.7, subsection 13, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  The records of a library which, by themselves or when examined with other public records, would reveal the identity of the library patron checking out or requesting an item or information from the library. The records shall be released to as follows:
   a.  To a criminal or juvenile justice agency only pursuant to an investigation of a particular person or organization suspected of committing a known crime. The records shall be released only upon a judicial determination that a rational connection exists between the requested release of information and a legitimate end and that the need for the information is cogent and compelling.
   b.  As permitted under chapter 728, subchapter II.
    Sec. 2.  Section 728.1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  01.  “Adult section” means a designated section in a library where material harmful to minors is shelved and is described by all of the following:
   a.  The designated section is physically separated from sections designated for children and young adults.
   b.  The designated section is clearly marked as containing adult material.
   c.  The designated section is not accessible to minors who are not accompanied by an adult without parental consent.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  “Library employee” means a person employed by, contracted by, or volunteering for a public library and who performs duties related to the provision of library materials or services to patrons of that public library.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  “Material harmful to minors” means material, including but not limited to a book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, document, image, photograph, drawing, film, video, digital file, audio recording, or other content, whether printed, electronic, or digital, that is described by all of the following:
   a.  Taken as a whole, the material appeals to the prurient interest of minors in sex, nudity, or excretion.
   b.  The material depicts, describes, or represents, in a manner patently offensive for minors under contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable for minors, any of the following:
   (1)  Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex, or between a human and an animal.
   (2)  Masturbation.
   (3)  Sadistic or masochistic abuse for sexual purposes.
   (4)  Exhibition or graphic description of the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or post-pubescent female breast for the purpose of sexual stimulation or gratification.
   (5)  Sexual contact.
   (6)  Sexual acts involving bondage, domination, humiliation, or degradation for the purpose of sexual stimulation.
   (7)  Sexual acts involving bodily fluids or excretory functions for the purpose of sexual stimulation.
   c.  Taken as a whole, the material lacks literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  “Parent” means any of the following:
   a.  A biological or adoptive parent of a minor.
   b.  A legal guardian of a minor.
   c.  A person standing in loco parentis to a minor as documented by court order, power of attorney, or other legal instrument.
   d.  A legal custodian of a minor.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5B.  a.  “Parental consent” means written authorization signed by a minor’s parent permitting the minor to access material harmful to minors. Written authorization may be any of the following:
   (1)  General authorization to allow access to all library materials without restriction.
   (2)  Limited authorization to allow access to specific categories of materials or specific titles.
   b.  A parent may revoke parental consent at any time by providing written notice of revocation to the library at which parental consent was previously given.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  “Presumptively harmful material” means material that meets two or more of the following criteria:
   a.  The material is marketed, labeled, or rated by the publisher, distributor, or author as intended for adults, mature audiences, persons over eighteen years of age, or a similar designation.
   b.  The material contains explicit depictions or descriptions of sexual intercourse, oral sex, anal sex, masturbation, or sexual contact.
   c.  The material contains graphic, vulgar, or obscene language describing sexual acts or genitalia.
   d.  The material depicts or describes sexual acts involving violence, coercion, degradation, humiliation, or sadomasochism.
   e.  The material depicts or describes sexual acts involving incest, regardless of whether the participants are consenting adults in the narrative.
   f.  The material depicts or describes sexual acts in the context of grooming, exploitation, or abuse.
   g.  The material is shelved by the library in an adult section or is not cataloged as juvenile or young adult material by the publisher.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8A.  “Public library” means any of the following:
   a.  A library that is a part of the library support network described in section 8A.206.
   b.  A regional library system under the purview of the library services advisory panel convened under section 8A.221.
   c.  A library district established under section 336.2.
   d.  A library under the purview of a library board as described in section 392.5.
   e.  A library that receives moneys from the state or a political subdivision of the state.
   f.  A library operated by or on behalf of any of the following:
   (1)  An area education agency established under section 273.2.
   (2)  A school district as described in chapter 274.
   (3)  An institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents, to the extent the institution of higher education provides services to minors.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8B.  “Restricted access” means that a minor may not check out, access, read on a library’s premises, or otherwise obtain material harmful to minors without parental consent on file with the library that possesses the material harmful to minors.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  “Sexual contact” means touching of the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast for the purpose of sexual stimulation or gratification.
    Sec. 3.  Section 728.1, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  “Disseminate” means to sell, lend, distribute, exhibit, give away, provide access to, or otherwise transfer possession or make available, with or without consideration.
    Sec. 4.  Section 728.7, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   728.7  Exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.
   Nothing in this chapter prohibits the shall prohibit any of the following:
   1.  The use of appropriate material for educational or research purposes by an adult or a minor with parental consent in any an accredited school, or any a public library, or in any an educational program in which the minor is participating. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the
   2.  The attendance of minors at an exhibition or display of art works or the use of any materials in any public library.
    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  728.20  Public libraries —— prohibition on material harmful to minors.
   1.  A public library shall not do any of the following:
   a.  (1)  Disseminate material harmful to minors to a minor unless the library has obtained parental consent authorizing the minor’s access to the material harmful to minors.
   (2)  A public library shall maintain parental consent in the public library’s records for as long as the parental consent remains valid.
   b.  Assist a minor in circumventing the requirement to obtain parental consent prior to accessing material harmful to minors.
   c.  Encourage or advise a minor to access material harmful to minors without parental consent.
   d.  Discourage a parent from exercising the parent’s right to grant or revoke parental consent.
   e.  Provide false or misleading information to a parent regarding the parent’s rights or the library’s obligations under this section.
   f.  Retaliate against a parent or patron who exercises rights under this section.
   2.  Before disseminating material harmful to minors, a library shall verify that the individual attempting to obtain material harmful to minors is any of the following:
   a.  An individual eighteen years of age or older.
   b.  A minor whose parent has provided parental consent to access the material harmful to minors.
   3.  Parental consent shall be documented on a form prescribed by the state librarian appointed under section 8A.204. The parental consent form shall include all of the following:
   a.  The name of the minor.
   b.  The name and signature of the parent giving parental consent.
   c.  The parent’s relationship to the minor.
   d.  The date the parental consent was given.
   e.  Whether the parental consent is general authorization or limited authorization.
   f.  An acknowledgment that the parent understands the nature of material harmful to minors.
   g.  An acknowledgment that the parent understands the parent may revoke parental consent at any time.
   4.  Parental consent shall be valid for a period of one calendar year from the date of a parent’s signature on a parental consent form unless the parent revokes the parental consent earlier.
   5.  a.  A minor shall be considered to have restricted access until the minor obtains parental consent to access material harmful to minors.
   b.  A library shall maintain a system to identify whether a minor has restricted access or if the minor has parental consent to access material harmful to minors.
    Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  728.21  Public libraries —— material classification, shelving, and cataloging.
   1.  A public library shall review the materials in the public library’s possession and classify the materials as one of the following:
   a.  General access, if the material is suitable for all ages, including minors without parental consent.
   b.  Harmful to minors, if the material is material harmful to minors.
   2.  Material that is presumptively harmful material shall be classified as harmful to minors unless the public library documents, in writing, a determination that the material has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors in a manner that is sufficient to rebut the presumption that the material is material harmful to minors.
   3.  Classifications of a material shall be documented by the public library and retained for a period of at least five consecutive calendar years.
   4.  Material classified as harmful to minors shall be shelved as follows:
   a.  In the adult section of the public library.
   b.  Separate from sections of the public library designated for children or young adults, or any section intended for or accessible to minors without staff assistance.
   c.  Not displayed in a manner visible to minors browsing age-appropriate sections of the public library.
   5.  An adult section of a public library shall meet all of the following requirements:
   a.  The adult section shall be clearly designated and marked as an adult section.
   b.  The adult section shall be separated from sections of the public library designated for children or young adults.
   c.  The adult section shall be accessible to an individual over eighteen years of age and to a minor with parental consent on file that allows the minor to access the adult section.
   6.  A public library’s catalog system shall be configured to do all of the following:
   a.  Identify material classified as harmful to minors.
   b.  Prevent a minor from placing holds on or checking out materials the minor has not been given parental consent to access.
   c.  Alert library staff when a minor without parental consent attempts to access materials the minor has not been given parental consent to access.
    Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  728.22  Request for reconsideration.
   1.  A parent of a minor patron of a public library may submit a written request for reconsideration of any of the following:
   a.  A public library’s classification of specific material as general access instead of harmful to minors.
   b.  A public library’s determination that specific material has serious value for minors that is sufficient enough to rebut the presumption the material is material harmful to minors.
   2.  A public library shall establish a reconsideration procedure that provides all of the following:
   a.  A form for submitting a reconsideration request.
   b.  A timeline for responding to a reconsideration request that shall not exceed thirty calendar days.
   c.  A review of the reconsideration request by the public library’s director or the public library director’s designee.
   d.  An opportunity for the parent submitting the reconsideration request to present information in support of the request.
   e.  A written decision relating to the reconsideration request including reasons for the decision.
   f.  A procedure for how to appeal the public library’s decision relating to the reconsideration request to the public library’s board of trustees.
   3.  During the time a reconsideration request is under review by a public library or the public library’s board of trustees, the public library may, in its discretion, temporarily reclassify the material subject to the reconsideration request as harmful to minors.
   4.  A parent may appeal a public library’s decision for a reconsideration request the parent submitted to the public library’s board of trustees.
   5.  A public library board of trustees reviewing the appeal of a public library’s decision for a reconsideration request shall do all of the following:
   a.  Provide the parent an opportunity to address the board of trustees at a public meeting.
   b.  Review the material subject to the reconsideration request and the public library’s decision for the reconsideration request.
   c.  Issue a written decision for the appeal within thirty calendar days of the parent appealing the public library’s decision.
   6.  A board of trustee’s decision under subsection 5 shall be final for purposes of administrative review but shall not preclude a parent from seeking judicial review or pursuing civil remedies under this chapter.
    Sec. 8.  NEW SECTION.  728.23  Civil remedies.
   1.  A parent of a minor may bring a civil action against a public library, public library board of trustees, or library employee who violates this chapter.
   2.  A court may award any combination of the following to a prevailing plaintiff:
   a.  Civil damages of not less than one thousand dollars but not more than ten thousand dollars.
   b.  Actual damages, including damages for emotional distress, if the actual damages are greater than the damages that would be awarded in paragraph “a”.
   c.  Injunctive relief.
   d.  Declaratory relief.
   e.  Reasonable attorney fees.
   f.  Punitive damages if the violation was willful or reckless.
   3.  An action under this section must be brought within two years of the date the parent knew or reasonably should have known of the violation.
   4.  a.  Sovereign immunity and governmental immunity are waived for claims under this section. These waivers of immunity only apply to claims under this subchapter and do not constitute a general waiver of immunity.
   b.  A public library, public library board of trustees, public library director, or public library employee shall not assert sovereign immunity, governmental immunity, or qualified immunity as a defense to a claim under this section.
   5.  A public library board of trustees shall be vicariously liable for violations committed by a library employee acting within the scope of the library employee’s employment.
   6.  A city or county operating a public library shall be vicariously liable for violations committed by the public library, public library board of trustees, or public library employees.
   7.  A library employee who willfully violates this chapter may be held personally liable.
   8.  A library director who fails to implement policies and procedures required by this chapter may be held personally liable for resulting violations.
    Sec. 9.  NEW SECTION.  728.24  Criminal penalties.
   1.  A person commits a criminal offense if the person does any of the following:
   a.  Willfully disseminates material harmful to minors to a minor if the person knows that the minor does not have parental consent to access the material harmful to minors.
   b.  Willfully assists a minor in circumventing the parental consent requirements of this chapter with the intent to enable the minor to access material harmful to minors.
   c.  Willfully provides false information to a parent to prevent the parent from exercising rights under this chapter.
   d.  Willfully destroys, conceals, or falsifies records required by this chapter with the intent to obstruct enforcement of this chapter.
   2.  A first offense under this section is a serious misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of up to one year, a fine not less than five hundred dollars but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or both.
   3.  A second or subsequent offense under this section is an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to two years, a fine not less than one thousand dollars but not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
   4.  If a public offense under this section involves a pattern of disseminating material harmful to minors to multiple minors, or if the offender holds a position of trust or authority over minors, the offense shall be classified one level higher than otherwise provided.
   5.  a.  The county attorney of the county where a violation occurred shall have authority to prosecute violations under this section.
   b.  The attorney general may prosecute a violation under this section if a county attorney declines to prosecute the violation or if the violation involves multiple counties.
   6.  A person may file a complaint with a county attorney alleging a violation of this section. The county attorney shall investigate and determine whether prosecution is warranted.
    Sec. 10.  NEW SECTION.  728.25  Good-faith immunity.
   1.  A public library, library board of trustees, public library director, or public library employee shall not be liable under this chapter if all of the following apply:
   a.  For a public library, the public library has adopted and implemented policies and procedures designed to comply with this subchapter, and the public library has made a good-faith effort to classify materials as required under section 728.21.
   b.  The person’s or entity’s violation of this chapter resulted from an isolated error or mistake despite reasonable efforts to comply with this subchapter.
   c.  Upon discovery of the violation, the person or entity took prompt corrective action.
   2.  When determining whether a person or entity acted in good faith, a court shall consider all of the following:
   a.  Whether the public library adopted written policies to implement the requirements of this subchapter.
   b.  Whether the public library trained employees on the requirements of this subchapter.
   c.  Whether the public library established a system for classifying materials.
   d.  Whether the public library established a system for tracking parental consent.
   e.  Whether the library responded appropriately to requests for reconsideration.
   f.  The speed and adequacy of the person or entity’s response to a discovery of a violation.
   3.  Subsection 1 shall not apply to any of the following:
   a.  A willful violation.
   b.  A violation committed with reckless disregard for this subchapter.
   c.  A violation that indicates systematic noncompliance with this subchapter due to repeated violations.
   d.  A violation after having been notified of noncompliance with this subchapter and failing to take corrective action.
    Sec. 11.  NEW SECTION.  728.26  State librarian annual report.
   Beginning one calendar year after the effective date of this Act, the state librarian appointed under section 8A.204 shall submit an annual report to the general assembly that summarizes all of the following:
   1.  The implementation of this subchapter by public libraries.
   2.  The number of materials classified as harmful to minors statewide.
   3.  The number of parental consent authorizations on file with a public library.
   4.  The number of reconsideration requests filed within the immediately preceding calendar year and the outcomes of the reconsideration requests.
   5.  The enforcement actions or litigation initiated under this subchapter within the immediately preceding calendar year.
   6.  Recommendations the state librarian has for legislative improvements of this subchapter.
    Sec. 12.  Section 809A.17, subsection 5, paragraph c, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Material in violation of chapter 728, subchapter I, shall be destroyed.
    Sec. 13.  INTERPRETATION OF ACT.
   1.  This Act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the Act’s purpose of protecting minors from material harmful to minors.
   2.  This Act shall be construed to support the fundamental right of a parent to direct the upbringing of the parent’s child, including decisions related to the child’s exposure to sexually explicit material.
   3.  This Act shall not be construed to restrict adult access to any public library materials. Adults shall retain full access to all public library materials without restriction.
   4.  This Act shall not be construed to incorporate, adopt, or give legal effect to any policy, recommendation, or guidance of the American library association.
   5.  This Act shall be interpreted to occupy the maximum constitutional space permitted by Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629 (1968), and subsequent precedents. If any provision of this Act is found to exceed constitutional limits, a court is directed to interpret the provisions exceeding constitutional limits narrowly to preserve constitutionality rather than invalidating the provision.
    Sec. 14.  DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES —— STATE LIBRARIAN GUIDANCE.
   1.  Within sixty calendar days of the effective date of this Act, the state librarian appointed under section 8A.204 shall issue guidance to each public library as that term is defined in section 728.1, relating to all of the following:
   a.  The public library’s requirements under this Act.
   b.  The meaning of material harmful to minors as defined in section 728.1 and how to identify material harmful to minors.
   c.  The classification process and how to document progress toward meeting the requirements of section 728.21.
   d.  The parental consent process. The state librarian shall also prescribe forms for a public library to use when obtaining parental consent.
   e.  Shelving and catalog system requirements.
   f.  The reconsideration process.
   g.  How to show good-faith compliance with sections 728.20 through 728.22.
   h.  The legal framework under Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629 (1968), and other relevant precedent.
   i.  Clarification that American library association policies are not law and do not supersede state law.
   2.  The state librarian shall develop and distribute model policies and forms to public libraries. The model policies and forms shall include all of the following:
   a.  A model classification policy.
   b.  A model parental consent form.
   c.  A model reconsideration request form.
   d.  Model procedures for when a public library receives a reconsideration request.
   e.  A model employee training curriculum.
   3.  The state librarian shall offer training to public library directors, public library boards of trustees, and public library employees on the requirements of sections 728.20 through 728.22. The training shall be made available to public library directors, public library boards of trustees, and public library employees within ninety calendar days of the effective date of this Act.
    Sec. 15.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor is directed to create a new subchapter II in chapter 728 consisting of sections 728.20 through 728.26 and title the new subchapter “materials harmful to minors”.
    Sec. 16.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 17.  APPLICABILITY.  The following apply ninety days after the effective date of this Act:
   The sections of this Act enacting sections 728.20, 728.21, and 728.22.
    Sec. 18.  APPLICABILITY.  The following apply one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this Act:
   The sections of this Act enacting sections 728.23, 728.24, and 728.25.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to public library requirements for materials harmful to minors.
   The bill defines “adult section”, “disseminate”, “library employee”, “material harmful to minors”, “parent”, “parental consent”, “presumptively harmful material”, “public library”, “restricted access”, and “sexual contact”.
   The bill eliminates an exemption to Code chapter 728 (obscenity) for use of appropriate material for education purposes by a public library program in which a minor is participating.
   The bill prohibits a public library from disseminating material harmful to minors to a minor unless the library has obtained parental consent authorizing the minor’s access to the material harmful to minors. The bill requires the public library to maintain parental consent in the public library’s records for as long as the parental consent remains valid.
   The bill prohibits a public library from performing certain acts related to allowing a minor access to material harmful to minors, informing parents of the parent’s rights under the bill, and retaliating against a parent or patron who exercises rights under the bill.
   The bill requires a public library to verify that an individual attempting to obtain material harmful to minors is an individual 18 years of age or older or a minor whose parent has provided parental consent to access material harmful to minors prior to disseminating material harmful to minors.
   The bill details what a parental consent form from a public library must contain. Parental consent is valid for a period of one calendar year from the date of a parent’s signature on a parental consent form unless the parent revokes the parental consent earlier. A minor is considered to have restricted access to material harmful to minors until the minor obtains parental consent to access the material. The library must maintain a system to identify whether a minor has restricted access or if the minor has parental consent to access material harmful to minors.
   The bill requires a public library to review the materials in the public library’s possession and classify the materials as general access or harmful to minors.
   The bill requires material that is presumptively harmful material to be classified as harmful to minors unless the public library documents, in writing, a determination that the material has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors in a manner that is sufficient to rebut the presumption that the material is material harmful to minors.
   The bill requires classifications of a material to be documented by the public library and retained for a period of at least five consecutive calendar years.
   The bill requires material classified as harmful to minors to be shelved in a public library as detailed in the bill.
   The bill requires an adult section of a public library to meet certain specifications as detailed in the bill.
   The bill requires a public library’s catalog system to identify material classified as harmful to minors, prevent a minor from placing holds on or checking out materials the minor has not been given parental consent to access, and alert library staff when a minor without parental consent attempts to access materials the minor has not been given parental consent to access.
   The bill allows a parent of a minor patron of a public library to submit a written request for reconsideration of a public library’s classification of specific material as general access instead of harmful to minors, or a public library’s determination that specific material has serious value for minors that is sufficient enough to rebut the presumption the material is material harmful to minors.
   The bill requires a public library to establish a reconsideration procedure as described in the bill. During the time a reconsideration request is under review by a public library or the public library’s board of trustees, the bill allows the public library to temporarily reclassify the material subject to the reconsideration request as harmful to minors. A parent may appeal a public library’s decision for a reconsideration request the parent submitted to the public library’s board of trustees. The bill requires a public library board of trustees reviewing the appeal of a public library’s decision for a reconsideration request to perform certain actions as detailed in the bill. A board of trustees’ decision shall be final for purposes of administrative review but shall not preclude a parent from seeking judicial review or pursuing civil remedies under the bill.
   The bill allows a parent of a minor to bring a civil action against a public library, public library board of trustees, or library employee who violates the bill. A court may award any combination of civil damages of not less than $1,000 but not more than $10,000; actual damages, including damages for emotional distress, if the actual damages are greater than the civil damages that would otherwise be awarded; injunctive relief; declaratory relief; reasonable attorney fees; and punitive damages if the violation was willful or reckless. An action for civil damages under the bill must be brought within two years of the date the parent knew or reasonably should have known of the violation. The bill waives sovereign immunity and governmental immunity for civil claims under the bill. These waivers of immunity only apply to claims under the bill and do not constitute a general waiver of immunity. A public library, public library board of trustees, public library director, or public library employee may not assert sovereign immunity, governmental immunity, or qualified immunity as a defense to a civil claim under the bill.
   The bill makes a public library board of trustees vicariously liable for violations committed by a library employee acting within the scope of the library employee’s employment, and a city or county operating a public library vicariously liable for violations committed by the public library, public library board of trustees, or public library employees. The bill allows a person to hold a library employee who willfully violates the bill personally liable.
   The bill allows a library director who fails to implement policies and procedures required by the bill to be held personally liable for resulting violations.
   The bill makes it a criminal offense for a person to willfully disseminate material harmful to minors to a minor if the person knows that the minor does not have parental consent to access the material harmful to minors; willfully assists a minor in circumventing the parental consent requirements of the bill with the intent to enable the minor to access material harmful to minors; willfully provides false information to a parent to prevent the parent from exercising rights under the bill; or willfully destroys, conceals, or falsifies records required by the bill with the intent to obstruct enforcement of the bill. A first offense is a serious misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of up to one year, a fine not less than $500 but not more than $2,500, or both. A second or subsequent offense is an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to two years, a fine not less than $1,000 but not more than $10,000, or both. If a public offense under the bill involves a pattern of disseminating material harmful to minors to multiple minors, or if the offender holds a position of trust or authority over minors, the offense shall be classified one level higher than otherwise provided. The county attorney of the county where a violation occurred shall have authority to prosecute violations under the bill. The attorney general may prosecute a violation under the bill if a county attorney declines to prosecute the violation or if the violation involves multiple counties. The bill allows a person to file a complaint with a county attorney alleging a violation of the bill. The county attorney shall investigate and determine whether prosecution is warranted.
   The bill creates a means of asserting good-faith immunity as detailed in the bill.
   Beginning one calendar year after the date of the bill’s enactment, the bill requires the state librarian to submit an annual report to the general assembly that summarizes the implementation of the bill by public libraries; the number of materials classified as harmful to minors statewide; the number of parental consent authorizations on file with a public library; the number of reconsideration requests filed within the immediately preceding calendar year and the outcomes of the reconsideration requests; the enforcement actions or litigation initiated under the bill within the immediately preceding calendar year; and recommendations the state librarian has for legislative improvements of the bill’s provisions.
   The bill details several factors for how the bill shall be interpreted.
   The bill requires the state librarian to issue guidance relating to the bill’s requirements to each public library as detailed in the bill within 60 calendar days of the bill’s effective date; to develop and distribute model policies and forms to public libraries as detailed in the bill; and to offer training to public library directors, public library boards of trustees, and public library employees on the bill’s requirements within 90 calendar days of the bill’s effective date.
   The bill makes a conforming change to Code sections 22.7 and 809A.17.
   The sections of the bill enacting Code sections 728.20, 728.21, and 728.22 become applicable 90 days after the bill’s effective date.
   The sections of the bill enacting Code sections 728.23, 728.24, and 728.25 become applicable 180 days after the bill’s effective date.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.