Illinois Senate sends bill aimed at discouraging book bans to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk.
Bill sponsor Sen. Laura Murphy at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in 2017.
Republicans have argued that some titles that contain pornography or obscene imagery need to be out of the reach of children. During the Senate floor debate, Republican state Sen. Jason Plummer, of Edwardsville, asked why the bill was relying on the standards of the American Library Association, saying that he spoke with a library board member who said they “never heard of the organization,” which has been around for about 150 years.
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