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SB 74 — Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution of harmful materials to minors, so as to repeal an exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103, relating to selling, loaning, distributing, or exhibiting materials harmful to minors; to provide that any violation of such Code section shall be a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature when committed knowingly; to provide for a defense for librarians who make good faith attempts to identify and remove material harmful to minors; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Legislative term
Georgia General Assembly 2025–2026
Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber or committee
Georgia Senate
Measure type
Bill
Introduced
Feb 4, 2025

Bill timeline (9)

Votes on this bill (1)

Sponsorships (3)

Brian Strickland

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 42 · From Jan 13, 2025
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=11; Strickland, Brian; sponsorship listed in session 1033; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 4, 2025

Rick A. Williams

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 25 · From Jan 23, 2023
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=10; Williams, Rick; sponsorship listed in session 1033; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 4, 2025

Greg Dolezal

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 27 · From Jan 14, 2019
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=3; Dolezal, Greg; sponsorship listed in session 1033; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 4, 2025

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