By: Hall S.B. No. 1443
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to public school library materials and certain
  performances at public school facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 33.023, 33.024, and 33.025 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 33.023.  PROHIBITED SCHOOL LIBRARY MATERIALS AND
  CERTAIN PERFORMANCES; PARENTAL RIGHTS REGARDING SCHOOL LIBRARY
  MATERIALS. (a)  A school district may not include in the catalog of
  a school library of the district a book, magazine, or publication
  that contains:
               (1)  a depiction or description of:
                     (A)  pederasty;
                     (B)  pedophilia;
                     (C) any type of romantic or sexual attraction
  between an adult and a minor; 
                     (D)  masturbation, including mutual masturbation; 
                     (E)  sadomasochism;
                     (F)  bestiality;
                     (G)  sodomy; 
                     (H)  fellatio; 
                     (I) any type of romantic or sexual attraction
  between individuals of the same sex;
                     (J)  transvestism; 
                     (K)  gender dysphoria; 
                     (L)  transgenderism; 
                     (M)  sexual intercourse; or 
               (2)  a referral to a website or material that contains
  a depiction or description of a topic described by Subdivision (1).
         (b)  A school district may not: 
               (1)  host an obscene sexually oriented performance or
  another performance in which a performer: 
                     (A) is nude, as defined by Section 102.051,
  Business & Commerce Code, or uses fake breasts or a fake
  penis in a manner that simulates a nude performer; and
                     (B)  performs or simulates a sexual act; and 
                     (C)  is obscene; or
               (2)  allow a person wearing drag attire or other
  clothing, makeup, or physical markers associated with a sexually
  oriented performance to read or perform to minors in any district
  facility.
         (c)  On the request of a student's parent or legal guardian,
  a school district shall disclose to the parent or legal guardian the
  title of each material that the student has checked out from the
  catalog of a school library of the district. 
         (d)  This subsection does not preclude or limit: 
               (1)  the enforcement of any other law or regulation
  regarding conduct that is independently prohibited by the other
  law or regulation and that would remain prohibited by the other law
  or regulation in the absence of this section;
               (2)  the ability of a state officer or state agency to
  inform others regarding the prohibitions and duties under this
  section and the consequences under Sections 33.024 and 33.025 for
  violating this section; or
               (3)  the authority of the attorney general to defend
  the constitutionality of this section. 
         Sec. 33.024.  PURCHASE OF LIBRARY MATERIALS FROM CERTAIN
  VENDORS PROHIBITED. (a) If a school district or open-enrollment
  charter school determines that a material in the catalog of a
  school library of the district or school is in violation of Sec.
  33.023, the district or school shall report to the agency as soon
  as practicable the material and the vendor from which the district
  or school purchased the material.
         (b)  The agency shall maintain on the agency's Internet
  website a list of vendors reported to the agency under Subsection
  (a). The agency shall update the list not later than the 30th day
  after the date the agency receives a report under Subsection (a).
         (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
  not purchase materials from a vendor on the list described by
  Subsection (b). 
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.