SB1393: Libraries; state funded shall have technology protection measures against Internet restrictions.

Chief Patron

Walter Stosch (R-12)
Suite 110 Glen Allen, VA
Served: 1992–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/19/2007: signed by governor

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01/19/2007 Presented and ordered printed 071567824
01/19/2007 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/25/2007 Committee substitute printed 071588824-S1
01/25/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB1393S1)
01/26/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
01/26/2007 VOTE: (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2007 Read second time
01/29/2007 Passed by for the day
01/30/2007 Read second time
01/30/2007 Committee substitute rejected 071588824-S1
01/30/2007 Floor substitute printed 075744824-S2 (Stosch)
01/30/2007 Reading of substitute waived
01/30/2007 Substitute by Senator Stosch agreed to 075744824-S2
01/30/2007 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1393S2
01/30/2007 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
01/30/2007 Passed by for the day
01/31/2007 Read second time
01/31/2007 Amendment #1 by Senator Obenshain withdrawn
01/31/2007 Reading of amendments waived
01/31/2007 Amendments #2 and #3 by Senator Obenshain agreed to
01/31/2007 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute w/amendments SB1393ES2
01/31/2007 Printed as engrossed 075744824-ES2
02/01/2007 Read third time
02/01/2007 Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
02/01/2007 VOTE: (33-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2007 Communicated to House
02/06/2007 Placed on Calendar
02/06/2007 Read first time
02/06/2007 Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
02/06/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB1393ES2)
02/12/2007 Reported from Science and Technology with substitute (17-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2007 Committee substitute printed 075748824-H1
02/14/2007 Read second time
02/15/2007 Passed by for the day
02/16/2007 Read third time
02/16/2007 Committee substitute agreed to 075748824-H1
02/16/2007 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1393H1
02/16/2007 Passed House with substitute (86-Y 11-N)
02/20/2007 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
02/20/2007 VOTE: (37-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2007 Enrolled
03/07/2007 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1393ER)
03/07/2007 Signed by Speaker
03/08/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB1393ER)
03/08/2007 Signed by President
03/19/2007 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective 7/1/07)
04/03/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)

Summary

Technology protection measures; public libraries. Requires the library board or governing body of a local library that receives state funding for any purpose to include in its acceptable use policy for the Internet provisions on selecting and installing on those computers that have Internet access and that are accessible to the public a technology protection measure to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography as set out in § 18.2-374.1:1, obscenity as defined in § 18.2-372, and, with respect to minors, materials deemed harmful to juveniles as defined in § 18.2-390. The bill also requires the policy to include a provision for disabling the technology protection measure at the request of a patron in instances of bona fide research or other lawful purposes. In addition, the bill provides that no state funding shall be withheld if the technology protection measure fails due to no fault of the library board or the governing body, provided that such library board or governing body promptly has taken reasonable steps to rectify the failure and to prevent such failures in the future.

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