Plaintiffs claimed that the 2023 law, which required book vendors to rate the explicitness of sexual references in materials sold to schools, was unconstitutionally broad.
'LGBTQIA+ Texans, venue owners, performers, and our allies all came together to uphold free expression in our state — and we won,' the ACLU of Texas said.
House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials based on their depictions or references to sex before selling them to schools. Vendors say the law aims to regulate protected speech with “vague and over broad” terms.
One of Texas' most tireless and tiresome culture warriors has filed a bill that would make it illegal to 'provide information on how to obtain an abortion-inducing drug.'
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.