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• Feb 23, 2026
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• Mar 4, 2026
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• Mar 8, 2026
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• Mar 10, 2026
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• Mar 15, 2026
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  Senate · Feb 23, 2026

  16 yes11 no0 other0 absent0 excused3 not voting

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:
Section 1. Section 15-120.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended
to read:
15-120.03. Sexually      explicit    materials;    prohibition;
exemptions;       violation;      classification;
acknowledgement; definition
A. Except as prescribed in section 15-711, a public school in this
state may not refer students to or use any sexually explicit material in
any manner.
B. Materials may be exempted from the provisions of subsection A OF
THIS SECTION if all of the following requirements are met:
1. The exempted material possesses serious educational value for
minors or possesses serious literary, artistic, political or scientific
value.
2. The public school requires written parental consent before the
public school refers a student to or uses the exempted material. The
public school shall require parental consent on a per-material basis.
3. The public school provides students for whom parental consent is
not secured under paragraph 2 of this subsection with an alternative
assignment that does not contain sexually explicit material.
C. AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL WHO
ACTING WITH CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A
CLASS 5 FELONY.
[D. EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIS STATE SHALL REQUIRE ANY INDIVIDUAL
WHO IS HIRED AS AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THIS SECTION TO SIGN A
FORM ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS READ THIS SECTION ON THE DATE
THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS HIRED.]
C. [D.] [E.] For the purposes of this section, "sexually explicit
materials" includes textual, visual or audio materials or materials
accessed via any other medium that depict any of the following:
1. Sexual conduct. For the purposes of this paragraph, "sexual
conduct" means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse or physical
contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area,
buttocks or, if such person is a female, breast.
2. Sexual excitement. For the purposes of this paragraph, "sexual
excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a
state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
3. Ultimate sexual acts. For the purposes of this paragraph,
"ultimate sexual acts" means sexual intercourse, vaginal or anal,
fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality or sodomy. A sexual act is simulated
when it depicts explicit sexual activity that gives the appearance of
consummation of ultimate sexual acts.
Sec. 2. Heading changes
A. The chapter heading of title 34, chapter 5, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is changed from "COMPUTER ACCESS" to "PUBLIC ACCESS TO COMPUTERS
AND LIBRARIES".
B. The article heading of title 34, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is changed from "ACCESS BY MINORS" to "COMPUTER ACCESS
BY MINORS".
Sec. 3. Title 34, chapter 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended
by adding article 2, to read:
ARTICLE 2. LIBRARY ACCESS BY MINORS
34-521. Library     access;   sexually    explicit   materials;
prohibition;        violation;       classification;
acknowledgement; definitions
A. AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
THIS STATE MAY NOT REFER AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR TO ANY SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
MATERIAL IN ANY MANNER.
B. AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
THIS STATE MAY NOT FACILITATE AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR'S ACCESS TO ANY
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN ANY MANNER.
C. AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY WHO
ACTING WITH CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A CLASS
5 FELONY.
[D. EACH PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THIS STATE SHALL REQUIRE ANY INDIVIDUAL
WHO IS HIRED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION TO SIGN A FORM
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS READ THIS SECTION ON THE DATE THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL IS HIRED.]
[D.] [E.] FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
1. "PUBLIC LIBRARY":
(a) MEANS ANY LIBRARY THAT IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
THAT IS SUPPORTED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY MONIES DISTRIBUTED BY THIS
STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.
(b) INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(i) A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF A CITY OR TOWN AS PRESCRIBED BY TITLE
9, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 2.
(ii) A COUNTY FREE LIBRARY AS PRESCRIBED BY TITLE 11, CHAPTER 7,
ARTICLE 1.
(iii) THE STATE LIBRARY AS PRESCRIBED BY TITLE 41, CHAPTER 1,
ARTICLE 2.1.
2. "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS" INCLUDES TEXTUAL, VISUAL OR AUDIO
MATERIALS OR MATERIALS ACCESSED VIA ANY OTHER MEDIUM THAT DEPICT ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING:
(a) SEXUAL CONDUCT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SEXUAL
CONDUCT" MEANS ACTS OF MASTURBATION, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE OR PHYSICAL
CONTACT WITH A PERSON'S CLOTHED OR UNCLOTHED GENITALS, PUBIC AREA,
BUTTOCKS OR, IF THE PERSON IS A FEMALE, BREAST.
(b) SEXUAL EXCITEMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
"SEXUAL EXCITEMENT" MEANS THE CONDITION OF HUMAN MALE OR FEMALE GENITALS
WHEN IN A STATE OF SEXUAL STIMULATION OR AROUSAL.
(c) ULTIMATE SEXUAL ACTS.     FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
"ULTIMATE SEXUAL ACTS" MEANS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, VAGINAL OR ANAL,
FELLATIO, CUNNILINGUS, BESTIALITY OR SODOMY.
<<Sec. 4. Implementation
[A. Each public school in this state shall require each individual
who is employed as an employee or independent contractor of the public
school on the effective date of this act to sign a form acknowledging that
the individual has read section 15-120.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as
amended by this act.
B. Each public library in this state shall require each individual
who is employed by the public library on the effective date of this act to
sign a form acknowledging that the individual has read section 34-521,
Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.]>>
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