BOISE, Idaho – A new law proposed in Idaho would allow parents to sue libraries and school districts if they make certain materials available to minors.
Supporters call HB 139 theĀ “Children’s School and Library Protection Act.”
It lays out a proposed definition for what it calls material that is “harmful to minors.”
That includes material that contains description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or “sado-masochistic abuse.”
It goes on to specifically mention representations of “intimate sexual acts, normal or perverted” along with descriptions of “masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of the genitals or genital area.”