Take Action for Public Libraries: Urge your Legislators to Support the Michigan Freedom to Read Act
Contact your Senator NOW and urge them to support the Michigan Freedom to Read Acts!
UPDATE: 12/13/24: The Freedom to Read Acts have passed the House! Now on to the Senate. The bills could see a vote no earlier than next Friday, December 20. It is imperative that you contact your Senator NOW and urge them to support this legislation! Please continue to contact them using our online form - even if you have already reached out, send another email, or better yet call their office! Contact information and a script can be found here.
UPDATE: 12/11/24: The Freedom to Read Acts legislation, tie-barred House Bills 6034 and 6035 with Substitutes, have passed out of the Committee on Government Operations and will now go to the House to be voted on! The bills could see a vote as early as this afternoon, it is imperative that you contact your legislators NOW!
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Enter your information and click next to send an email. Feel free to edit the email and personalize your message! If you would rather call your legislators, click here to visit our website for contact information and a phone script.
The Freedom to Read Act legislation, tie-barred House Bills 6034 and 6035, was introduced in the House on November 7 by Michigan State Representatives Veronica Paiz (D-Harper Woods) and Carol Glanville (D-Walker).
These bills will help to secure the right to read in Michigan’s public libraries and create a uniform set of rules dictating when and how library materials can be challenged and removed from shelves. (The bills are identical except that one is directed toward district libraries and the other is directed toward libraries established as county libraries or as city, township, or village libraries.)
To contact your legislators through our online form, just enter your information, click next and send our prewritten email to your State Representative, Senator, and Governor Whitmer.
We have a very short window to voice our support, so please make sure to engage your colleagues, trustees, and other library advocates. Your correspondence with your Representatives and Senators is critical to influencing the decision-making process – your emails and phone calls can make a difference! Together, we will do everything we can to see this crucial legislation passed into law to protect the freedom to read in Michigan.
Thank you for taking action to support Michigan's public libraries and protect the right to read.
Take Action for Public Libraries: Urge your Legislators to Support the Michigan Freedom to Read Act
Contact your Senator NOW and urge them to support the Michigan Freedom to Read Acts!
UPDATE: 12/13/24: The Freedom to Read Acts have passed the House! Now on to the Senate. The bills could see a vote no earlier than next Friday, December 20. It is imperative that you contact your Senator NOW and urge them to support this legislation! Please continue to contact them using our online form - even if you have already reached out, send another email, or better yet call their office! Contact information and a script can be found here.
UPDATE: 12/11/24: The Freedom to Read Acts legislation, tie-barred House Bills 6034 and 6035 with Substitutes, have passed out of the Committee on Government Operations and will now go to the House to be voted on! The bills could see a vote as early as this afternoon, it is imperative that you contact your legislators NOW!
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Enter your information and click next to send an email. Feel free to edit the email and personalize your message! If you would rather call your legislators, click here to visit our website for contact information and a phone script.
The Freedom to Read Act legislation, tie-barred House Bills 6034 and 6035, was introduced in the House on November 7 by Michigan State Representatives Veronica Paiz (D-Harper Woods) and Carol Glanville (D-Walker).
These bills will help to secure the right to read in Michigan’s public libraries and create a uniform set of rules dictating when and how library materials can be challenged and removed from shelves. (The bills are identical except that one is directed toward district libraries and the other is directed toward libraries established as county libraries or as city, township, or village libraries.)
To contact your legislators through our online form, just enter your information, click next and send our prewritten email to your State Representative, Senator, and Governor Whitmer.
We have a very short window to voice our support, so please make sure to engage your colleagues, trustees, and other library advocates. Your correspondence with your Representatives and Senators is critical to influencing the decision-making process – your emails and phone calls can make a difference! Together, we will do everything we can to see this crucial legislation passed into law to protect the freedom to read in Michigan.
Thank you for taking action to support Michigan's public libraries and protect the right to read.