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Arizona House Rejects Filters
for State Computers

The bill that would have required all state government entities, including public universities, to install Internet filters was defeated in the Arizona House of Representatives January 24. The vote was 32 to 20, with eight members not voting.

“I hear very loudly and clearly from my voters that they do not approve of their money being used to view pornography,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jean McGrath, in the February 4 Chronicle of Higher Education. “So I’m very puzzled as to why so many people voted no.”

McGrath has sponsored another bill mandating filters at universities under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents, but after the defeat of the broader measure she said she didn’t think she had the votes to pass it. However, Barbara Allen, special assistant to the dean of libraries at the University of Arizona, told the Chronicle, “There are people who believe in filters, and even with this one bill going down, I’m not at all convinced that it’s over.”

Posted February 14, 2000.

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