Promoting obscenity-educational exception amendment.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was marked as inactive and did not move forward in the current session.

Amending Rules for Obscenity in Educational and Library Settings

The bill changes the rules about what counts as promoting obscenity when it comes to educational and library activities, allowing these institutions to have materials that might be considered obscene if they follow approved policies.

What This Bill Does

• Changes a law about promoting obscene material.
• Allows schools, colleges, universities, museums, and public libraries to have materials that might be considered obscene if they are part of an official activity or job and follow the rules set by the institution's governing body.

Who It Names or Affects

• Schools
• Colleges and universities
• Museums
• Public libraries

Terms To Know

Obscenity

Material that is offensive to the average person's sense of decency.

Bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities

Official events or tasks organized by these institutions as part of their regular operations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what kind of materials are allowed in educational and library settings.
• It is unclear how the new rules will be enforced or interpreted by different organizations.
• This bill was marked as inactive, meaning it did not move forward in the current session.

Current Bill Text

23LSO-0291
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0291
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0283

Promoting obscenity-educational exception amendment.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp, Angelos, Jennings, Neiman, Pendergraft and Winter and Senator(s) Steinmetz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending an exception to the offense of promoting obscenity relating to educational and library activities; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 6
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302(c)(ii) is amended to read:

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302.

Promoting obscenity; penalties.

(c)

This section shall not apply to any person who may produce, reproduce, possess or disseminate obscene material:

(ii)

In the course of bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities or in the course of employment of such an organization
, provided that the production, reproduction, possession or dissemination is in accordance with policies and community standards approved by the elected governing body of the school college, university, museum or public library
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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