PEN America: Temporary Ruling to Halt Implementation of TX Law on Book Ratings is a Victory for the Freedom to Read
September 01, 2023
September 01, 2023
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023:
PEN America today welcomed a judge's preliminary injunction halting implementation of HB 900 in Texas, a controversial new law that would require book vendors to rate books for sexual content prior to selling them to public schools.
Kasey Meehan, Freedom to Read program director at PEN America, said: "We welcome this decision to temporarily halt the implementation of HB 900. This l . . .
PEN America today welcomed a judge's preliminary injunction halting implementation of HB 900 in Texas, a controversial new law that would require book vendors to rate books for sexual content prior to selling them to public schools.
Kasey Meehan, Freedom to Read program director at PEN America, said: "We welcome this decision to temporarily halt the implementation of HB 900. This l . . .