The House had passed a broader version of the bill, but the Senate panel overhauled the bill with amendments, making it specific to minors and public libraries' children's collections.
A bill that would have initially banned the willful display of "explicit sexual material" at newsstands, bookstores and libraries has been altered to only affect children's sections.
“I certainly don’t want to go to jail for doing my job, but I am not going to censor either,” said Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library Director Christine Kujawa.