Amends existing law to provide that a public library's Internet safety policy shall apply to any publicly accessible wireless Internet access provided by the library.

The purpose of this legislation is to amend Chapter 27, Section 41 of Title 33 Idaho Code. The change will update the current requirement that public libraries filter access to minors of obscene and pornographic material through their internet. Current law did not anticipate the use of personal laptop computers, tablets and smart phones gaining access through the publicly provided wireless access to the libraries internet. The bill adds the language "publicly accessible wireless internet access or" and like terminology to several references of "publicly accessible computers". This bill simply confirms that Idaho's public libraries shall assure that their wireless (WiFi) is filtered as is currently required of the use of their currently available computers with internet access. The Library board of trustees would also need to update their policy to include this amendment.