| 1 | 1 | | LRB-4777/1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | SWB:cdc |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 598 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 30, 2023 - Introduced by Senators QUINN, NASS and TOMCZYK, cosponsored |
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| 6 | 6 | | by Representatives DITTRICH, O'CONNOR, MAGNAFICI, MICHALSKI, GUNDRUM, |
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| 7 | 7 | | PENTERMAN, ALLEN, GOEBEN, WICHGERS and ROZAR. Referred to Committee on |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families. |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to renumber 43.30 (4); and to create 43.30 (4) (b) of the statutes; |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to: parental notification related to public library materials. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This bill requires public libraries to develop and implement a policy under |
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| 13 | 13 | | which the custodial parent or guardian of a child who is under the age of 16 is notified |
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| 14 | 14 | | of each document or material the child checks out from a public library as soon as is |
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| 15 | 15 | | practicable, but no later than 24 hours after the checkout. The bill requires the |
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| 16 | 16 | | library to post notice of the library's notification policy in a prominent place in the |
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| 17 | 17 | | library and on the library's website, if any. Under current law, subject to various |
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| 18 | 18 | | exceptions, library records that identify who borrows or uses a library material may |
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| 19 | 19 | | not be disclosed. One of the exceptions is for custodial parents or guardians of |
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| 20 | 20 | | children who are under the age of 16. Specifically, current law requires that a library |
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| 21 | 21 | | supported by public funds disclose to the custodial parent or guardian of a child who |
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| 22 | 22 | | is under the age of 16 all library records relating to the use of the library's documents |
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| 23 | 23 | | or other materials, resources, or services by the child, but only upon request of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | custodial parent or guardian. |
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| 25 | 25 | | For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 26 | 26 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 28 | 28 | | enact as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 598 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. 43.30 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 43.30 (4) (a). |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. 43.30 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 43.30 (4) (b) A library supported in whole or part by public funds shall develop |
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| 36 | 36 | | and implement a policy under which the library notifies a custodial parent or |
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| 37 | 37 | | guardian of a child who is under the age of 16 of each document or material, in any |
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| 38 | 38 | | format, that the child borrows from the library as soon as practicable, but no later |
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| 39 | 39 | | than 24 hours after the child borrows the document or material from the library. The |
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| 40 | 40 | | library shall post a notice of the library's notification policy under this paragraph in |
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| 41 | 41 | | a prominent place in the library and on the library's website, if any. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (END) |
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