RatedBooks enters a legislative hearing
October 19, 2022; later toolkit view August 2026 · Utah; national policy audience
On October 19, 2022, during an Education Interim Committee update on H.B. 374, Ken Ivory introduced Stephens and named RatedBooks.org as the website she and other mothers put together to show material in school libraries.
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The minutes identify Stephens with Utah Parents United and record her and Diane Livingston discussing school sensitive materials. The legislative archive holds a handout titled "Rated Book Review List, October 2022".
On August 28, 2026, the RatedBooks Advocate page directed readers from reports and slicksheets to Amplify contacts, running a bill and creating a policy. The page was viewed on that date; its launch date is unknown.
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Who and what is involved
- Institutions
- Education Interim Committee; private advocacy pages
- People and recorded roles
- Ivory; Stephens; Livingston
- Organizations, bodies and vendors
- RatedBooks; UPU; Legislature
- Laws, rules and procedures
- HB374 update; policy/bill toolkit
- Products and information systems
- 2022 Rated Book Review List handout; Amplify
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Earlier research pages
Open question
What records identify the submitter, version and uses of the 2022 handout?