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HA7TOHB119 • 2025

This amendment clarifies that residents that pay a library district tax to support a municipal library may submit an objection to material in that library.

This amendment clarifies that residents that pay a library district tax to support a municipal library may submit an objection to material in that library.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Yearick
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
Passed 5/22/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how objections will be reviewed or resolved after submission.

Library Material Objection Rules

This law lets people who pay taxes for a local library object to materials in the library.

What This Bill Does

  • Clarifies that residents paying a library district tax can submit objections about material in their local library.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Residents of a community that pays taxes to support their local library

Terms To Know

Library district tax
A special tax collected from residents or businesses in an area to fund a municipal library.
Municipal library
A public library that serves the community and is funded by local taxes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens after someone submits an objection.
  • The bill does not mention how objections will be reviewed or resolved.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

Official Summary Text

This amendment clarifies that residents that pay a library district tax to support a municipal library may submit an objection to material in that library.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Yearick

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 7

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 119

AMEND House Bill No. 119 by deleting lines 37 and 38 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“

(2) Only a resident, business owner, property owner of the area the public library serves, or a taxpayer of a library district financing a library, may submit an objection to material in that library.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment clarifies that residents that pay a library district tax to support a municipal library may submit an objection to material in that library.