Pornographic material.
Pornographic material. Requires a specified school to adopt policies and procedures concerning material alleged to be pornographic, obscene, or harmful to minors. Provides that a specified school or an employee, a contractor, or a third party vendor of a specified school may not knowingly make available or provide pornographic material, obscene matter, or matter harmful to minors to a student.
HB1195 is a bill that would require specific schools to create and enforce policies about materials that might be considered pornographic, obscene, or harmful to minors. Schools, employees, contractors, and vendors would not be allowed to knowingly provide such materials to students. The bill was introduced and referred to the Committee on Education on January 8, 2025, by Representatives Abbott, Carbaugh, and King.
This bill would impact all students in specified schools by ensuring that potentially harmful materials are not accessible to them. It also affects school employees, contractors, and third-party vendors by imposing a duty to avoid providing such materials.
As of January 8, 2025, HB1195 is at the initial stage of the legislative process, having been introduced and referred to the Committee on Education for further review and action.