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2025 · Regular session · Senate bill
SB60
SB60 lets public junior-college libraries donate certain low-value materials to any person or organization.
Official caption: Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.
Official report lists Senate author(s): Zaffirini. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- SB60 lets public junior-college libraries donate certain low-value materials to any person or organization.
- Two conditions must be met: library staff must determine that the materials either duplicate items already in the collection or are no longer appropriate because of age, condition or obsolete content; and the materials must have little or no monetary value.
- The permission applies notwithstanding other law, but only to donations meeting those conditions.
What does it do?
SB60 lets public junior-college libraries donate certain low-value materials to any person or organization. Signed June 20, 2025, it took effect September 1, 2025 and adds Education Code Section 130.01015. Official history; final law.
Two conditions must be met: library staff must determine that the materials either duplicate items already in the collection or are no longer appropriate because of age, condition or obsolete content; and the materials must have little or no monetary value. The definition covers periodicals, books, e-books, tapes and other media.
The permission applies notwithstanding other law, but only to donations meeting those conditions. It does not require a library to donate anything, give a recipient a right to demand an item, or authorize high-value donations under this section. It is not a general requirement to remove books because someone objects to them.
What changed along the way?
The introduced, Senate committee, engrossed, House committee and enrolled versions contain the same operative language. The amendment index lists no floor amendments; both committees reported the bill without amendments. The final law retains the staff-determination requirement, the separate low-value condition and the September 1 effective date. Text versions; Amendment index.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
The only posted fiscal note, March 26, 2025 for the introduced version, anticipates no fiscal implication to state or local government. The operative language did not change before enactment. The note does not estimate the number or value of donations. Fiscal note.
Libraries gain a voluntary way to pass along qualifying materials, and recipients may gain access to items they can use. Library staff must determine duplication or suitability, and donations must separately meet the low-value condition. The bill sets no dollar threshold for “little” value and provides no new funding; savings, recipient demand and actual donation volumes are not established by the fiscal note. Conditions and scope.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
