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Libraries

Passed

P HB282

Library boards. Excludes Shenandoah County from the requirement that management and control of its public library system be vested in a library board. The exclusion currently exists for any town or city with a manager, and the Counties of Henrico, Albemarle, Prince William, Arlington, Fairfax and Chesterfield.
Patron - Louderback

Carried Over

C HB514

Library systems that access the Internet as a nonpublic forum. Declares that any public-owned system that accesses the Internet is a nonpublic forum and affords library boards and governing bodies authority to take the steps necessary to limit library access to the Internet.
Patron - Marrs

C HB602

Children's Internet Protection; public libraries. Requires the library board or governing body of a library to select a technology for its computers that are accessible to children and have Internet access to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography, obscenity and materials deemed harmful to juveniles as defined in Title 18.2. This bill requires the library board or governing body to certify compliance with these provisions to the Librarian of Virginia along with the filing of the acceptable use policy, which is already required.
Patron - Black

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