Public libraries in Illinois could be cut off from state funding if they remove books and other materials from their shelves for “partisan or doctrinal” reasons under a measure signed into law Monday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias holds his 11-month-old daughter, Alexia, and the bill signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to prevent book bans on June 12, 2023, at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago.
Books that have been the subject of controversy elsewhere are displayed before Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure to prevent book bans on June 12, 2023, at the Harold Washington Library. Republicans also expressed concern over potentially harmful content. State Sen. Jil Tracy of Quincy asked how a library would be able to prevent pornographic materials like “Hustler” magazine from falling into the hands of underage readers.
“I could not be prouder that the American Library Association … makes its home in a state that is first in the nation to create a law that stands up to censorship and calls it what it is: a threat to education … and a threat to our democracy,” Hall said.
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