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Sponsor: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (Introduced 06/22/2023)
Latest Action: House - 06/22/2023 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
This bill has the status Introduced
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Congress.gov record shows Balint sponsored H.R. 4273 during her first House term, but the bill remained only introduced/referred rather than enacted, so the policy delivery is unresolved while documenting concrete effort.
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Book ban laws censor age-appropriate stories that people just do not want told, increasingly target history, and disproportionately impact people of color, LGBTQIA2S+ people, and people with disabilities.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In later federal service, Balint inserted opposition material into the Congressional Record during debate on H.R. 2616, framing the bill as censorship that targets history; this is further effort, not enacted delivery of an affirmative honest-history policy.