Book vendors required to rate materials; LGBTQ+ and other books banned
Enacted5/10
⚖ blocked; permanently enjoined by federal district court (Oct 2025) after an earlier back-and-forth over a preliminary injunction, with Texas appealing to the 5th Circuit as of 2026
Texas · Texas HB 900 "READER Act" · Jun 13, 2023
Impact 5/10
Requires book vendors to rate school library books as 'sexually explicit' or 'sexually relevant'; bans sexually explicit books from schools. Applied in practice to ban numerous LGBTQ+-themed titles. Challenged in court as an unconstitutional prior restraint.
EducationLGBTQ+ChildrenParents / caregiversStudents
Sources
✓ Verified against primary sources 2026-08-16