BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong vetoes a bill requiring libraries to put obscene or sexually explicit books in areas away from minors.
Armstrong says the measure was legislative overreach and censorship.
The House and Senate will need a two thirds majority vote to override the veto.
The House passed the legislation despite a do not pass recommendation from the Appropriations Committee.
Republican State Senator Keith Boehm of Mandan, who introduced the bill, said he did so without consulting the State Library Association or the State School Board Association. He also removed language restricting digital content in libraries which would cost $2 million for technology for age verification.
