The bill's sponsor said it would prevent filming of sex acts on public property. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs called it 'a thinly veiled effort to ban books.''
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill aimed, its sponsor said, at preventing the filming of sex acts on public property. The governor called it"a thinly veiled effort to ban books.''
Hobbs found particular fault with a proposal by Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, prompted in part by an incident last year involving a teacher at Thunderbolt Middle School in Lake Havasu City. "It absolutely does include that,'' Hoffman responded. He said he saw no reason not to combine both topics within the same legislation.
Elijah Watson, who has testified on his own behalf on similar issues, said he understands the desire to protect children from sexually explicit materials. But he called the legislation"dangerously broad,'' failing to provide adequate assumptions. She took issue with Hoffman for trying to tie the issue of an incident at Lake Havasu City to further restricting access to reading materials.
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