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An Act relating to schools; directing school district boards of education and charter school and public library governing boards to appoint certain committee by certain date; requiring certain employee to be included on committee; requiring certain inventory to be completed by certain date; directing designation of print and nonprint materials and media; directing school districts and charter schools beginning on certain date to only include certain materials and media with certain designations in certain school libraries; allowing students access to certain materials and media only with certain written consent; directing public libraries beginning on certain date to place materials and media with certain designation in certain section; allowing certain individuals access to certain materials and media only with certain written consent; prohibiting school district, charter school, and public libraries beginning on certain date from including materials and media with certain content; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. AUTHOR: Add the following House coauthors: Hardin, Olsen, Gann, Humphrey, West (Rick), Maynard, Kane, Banning, and Crosswhite Hader AMENDMENT NO. 1. , Line 20, delete SECTION 1 in its entirety and replace with a new SECTION 1 to read as follows: "SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 106, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 11-201), is amended to read as follows: Section 11-201. A. As school library media center resources are finite, the library media program shall be reflective of the community standards for the population the library media center serves when acquiring an age-appropriate collection of print materials, nonprint materials, multimedia resources, equipment, and supplies adequate in quality and quantity to meet the needs of students in all areas of the school library media program. B. To ensure appropriate compliance with this section, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall develop uniform procedures to be approved by the Legislature and adopted by school districts for the review and acquisition of collection materials. It shall be the duty of each school district to enforce the provisions of this section. The procedures shall be developed by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and adopted by each school district no later than July 1, 2024. C. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall submit the adopted procedures to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a designee, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or a designee, prior to the last thirty (30) days of the legislative session. By adoption of a joint resolution, the Legislature shall approve the procedures, disapprove the procedures in whole or in part, amend the procedures in whole or in part or disapprove the procedures in whole or in part with instructions to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, provided that such joint resolution becomes law in accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution. If the joint resolution is vetoed by the Governor in accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution and the veto has not been overridden, the procedures shall be deemed approved. If the Legislature fails to adopt a joint resolution within thirty (30) legislative days following submission of the procedures, the procedures shall be deemed approved. D. If the procedures are disapproved in whole or are disapproved in whole with instructions as provided for in this section, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries may adopt new procedures and submit the new procedures for legislative review pursuant to this section. If the procedures are amended, approved in part or are disapproved in part with instructions, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries may revise the procedures in accordance with the legislative changes and implement the procedures. E. Upon final approval of the procedures, the standards shall be considered final agency rules. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall submit a copy of the procedures to the Secretary of State, who shall include the procedures in the publication known as the "Oklahoma Administrative Code" in the same manner as agency rules are published in the "Code" as provided for in the Administrative Procedures Act. All procedures approved and published as provided for in this subsection shall have the same force and effect of law as agency rules promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act." and renumber subsequent sections and amend title to conform Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2023. Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. Presiding Officer of the Senate ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 397 By: Hamilton, Burns, Jett, and Bullard of the Senate and Conley of the House An Act relating to schools; directing school district boards of education and charter school and public library governing boards to appoint certain committee by certain date; requiring certain employee to be included on committee; requiring certain inventory to be completed by certain date; directing designation of print and nonprint materials and media; directing school districts and charter schools beginning on certain date to only include certain materials and media with certain designations in certain school libraries; allowing students access to certain materials and media only with certain written consent; directing public libraries beginning on certain date to place materials and media with certain designation in certain section; allowing certain individuals access to certain materials and media only with certain written consent; prohibiting school district, charter school, and public libraries beginning on certain date from including materials and media with certain content; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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Sherrie Conley (R)*,  Warren Hamilton (R)*,  Chris Banning (R),  David Bullard (R),  George Burns (R),  Denise Crosswhite Hader (R),  Tom Gann (R),  David Hardin (R),  Justin Humphrey (R),  Shane Jett (R),  John Kane (R),  Cody Maynard (R),  Jim Olsen (R),  Marilyn Stark (R),  Rick West (R), 

Died in conference (on 05/26/2023)

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