Bill to jail librarians appears to also make many stores “public nuisances”

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Bill to jail librarians appears to also make many stores “public nuisances”

Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, told a Senate committee Wednesday that his bill HB385 would “provide that the use of any premise to distribute to minors any material that is harmful to minors is a public nuisance.” But that’s not actually what the law says. Here’s what the language of the new version of the law says: “…the use of any premise to distribute any material that is obscene or harmful to minors … is a public nuisance.” Spot the d…