Thousands of school library books removed pending government review
Enacted5/10
Florida · Florida HB 1467 (2022) library review requirement · 2023
Impact 5/10
State law (HB 1467) requiring all library books to be reviewed by certified media specialists led districts statewide to pull books from shelves pending review, sometimes covering or removing classroom libraries entirely. Duval County reported reviewing roughly 2,000 of its 1.6 million titles as of Feb 2023, with PEN America tracking 176 banned titles there and describing an opaque, ongoing internal review process removing further titles without formal challenges.
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✓ Verified against primary sources 2026-08-16