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TX

1,783

Ban Actions

1,636

Unique Books

17

Laws Tracked

9

Jurisdictions

Laws (17)

SB 13

EffectiveThe law is now in effect and enforceable.

Relating to public school library materials, including the establishment of school library advisory councils.

Passed May 20251000 linked books

HB 3225

AdvancedThe bill has passed one chamber (House or Senate) and moved to the other.

Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.

Passed May 2025

SB 12

SignedThe governor has signed the bill into law.

Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.

Passed Mar 202515 linked books

SB 1621

SignedThe governor has signed the bill into law.

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Passed Mar 2025

HB 900

SignedThe governor has signed the bill into law.

Relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries.

Passed Apr 2023163 linked books

HB 3979

SignedThe governor has signed the bill into law.

Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.

Passed May 2021

HB 4354

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to access to certain public school library materials.

HB 4448

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to an automated artificial intelligence review of library material purchased by public schools; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 4911

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 5485

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to the standards for a school district's library collection development policies; providing a civil penalty.

HB 7

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to parental rights in public education, to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency, and to the reporting of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.

SB 2101

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to the prohibition of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.

HB 5460

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to the display of sexually explicit material in public libraries.

HB 5021

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to the standards for public school library materials.

HB 183

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to the regulation and the review of certain library materials included in public school libraries.

HB 4056

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to school district policies regarding the selection, removal, and replacement of library materials.

HB 4198

IntroducedThe bill has been filed in a legislative chamber but has not yet been voted on.

Relating to the standards for a school district's library collection development policies; providing a civil penalty.

Most-Banned Books in Texas

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

5 bans

Sold

Patricia McCormick

4 bans

Out of Darkness

Ashley Hope Pérez

4 bans

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

3 bans

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

3 bans

Crank

Ellen Hopkins

3 bans

The Haters

Jesse Andrews

3 bans

Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult

3 bans

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

3 bans

Milk and Honey

Rupi Kaur

3 bans

Bans by Jurisdiction

White Oak ISD, TX (1)

Abilene ISD, TX (13)

3 more bans not shown

New Braunfels ISD, TX (1540)

1530 more bans not shown

Leander ISD, TX (23)

13 more bans not shown

Katy ISD, TX (34)

24 more bans not shown

Fort Worth ISD, TX (121)

111 more bans not shown

Llano County Library System, TX (9)

Lake Travis ISD, TX (1)

Keller ISD, TX (41)

31 more bans not shown