Enacts the "freedom to read act"

Added a student as a required or optional member of the reconsideration committee to ensure youth perspectives are included in review decisions.

Explicitly prohibited removing or restricting library materials solely because of disagreement with the ideas, viewpoints, or identities represented in the material.

Mandated that challenged materials must remain available for students to reserve, check out, or access while under review and appeal.

Added new requirements for the reconsideration committee policy to include specific procedures for removal timelines and notice of appeal rights.

Clarified that state regulations and model policies must not prescribe specific outcomes for individual reconsideration decisions, limiting state interference in local choices.

Changed the effective date of the act from July to December of the following year.