Library bill moves on

The Arkansas House last week approved a proposed law that could make school and public librarians open to criminal liability for the distribution of “obscene” content. Seven Republicans joined 18 House Democrats in voting against Senate Bill 81, which I wrote about in last week’s edition of The Record. If the bill becomes law, local quorum courts could actually be the ones to decide what materials appear in libraries. Rep. DeAnn Vaught, a Republican from Horatio, voted against the bill, calling it “government overreach.”