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In February 2025, Florida state legislators introduced Senate Bill 1692 and House Bill 1539, which propose to amend school districts’ process for reviewing formal objections to instructional and library materials alleged to contain sexual content. The legislation would bar school boards from considering the artistic, literary, political, or scientific value of materials challenged on this basis and would require districts to remove them within five days of the objection and keep them inaccessible throughout the review process. HB 1539 would also amend the definition of “harmful to minors” in the criminal code to eliminate consideration of a work’s literary, artistic, political, or scientific value when it is shared or displayed in an educational setting or by a school employee and is not part of the school’s curriculum or library collection. 

On March 31 and April 2, ����ֱ�� wrote letters to the respective Senate and House committees tasked with reviewing the legislation. The letters explained that the bills raise serious First Amendment concerns and called on the committees to reject the legislation. On March 31, the Senate version of the bill died in committee. The House version advanced out of committee on April 2.