Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bill That Outlaws Filming Pornography in K-12 Public School Classrooms

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed legislation that would make it unlawful to film pornography in classrooms of K-12 public schools.

“Senator Jake Hoffman is calling out Governor Hobbs for her outrageous veto of a bill that would have made it a crime to film pornography in any buildings funded by taxpayer dollars, including the classrooms of our K-12 public schools,” Arizona Senate Republicans stated in a press release.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hobbs Allows Pornography to be Filmed in Arizona's K-12 Public School Classrooms ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/b4ep2cQe6n

— AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) June 5, 2023

The press release reads:

Seven months ago, local media reported two teachers in Mohave County were fired after students and parents found easily accessible pornographic material posted online, made by the couple, some of which was created in the very classroom one of those teachers was working in. Unfortunately, current state law does not establish this as an illegal practice.

SB 1696 (sexually explicit materials; government; prohibition) would have prohibited government property from being used as a site to film or facilitate sexually explicit acts and would have established a violation as a class 5 felony.

“Once again, Katie Hobbs is spotlighting Democrats’ far-left extremism by vetoing yet another bill intended to protect our children from exposure to sexually explicit materials at the hands of Arizona governments,” said Senator Hoffman. “It’s absolutely sickening that Katie Hobbs is allowing pornography to be filmed in our state’s taxpayer funded classrooms. These should be safe spaces for our kids to learn in, not venues for the sexually explicit adult entertainment industry. No 12-year-old child should ever have to worry that their middle school desk was the location of a porn shoot, yet because of Hobbs’ actions, this is precisely the case. Hobbs should be ashamed of herself, and every parent in the state of Arizona should be outraged. This is a despicable use of government resources, and there should be legal repercussions in place to discourage these types of practices from ever occurring again.”

Arizona’s Family reported on the story of the teacher filming the pornographic content in the classroom.

A teacher at Thunderbolt Middle School is reportedly caught in a scandal — one that’s horrifying both parents and students.

“That was my friend’s daughter’s desk. And she is mortified over the situation like, ‘that is my desk.’ She has no care knowing students have seen her everything and on students’ desks,” said Thunderbolt mom, Kristina Minor.

The teacher has an online account where students found her pornographic content, which appears to be filmed in her 8th-grade classroom. “She was sharing these links to her sex site on her social media accounts, which are public, which children follow her,” said Minor.

Minor, a mom at the school, says she found the teacher’s explicit content. “And it says ‘who wants to be my next teacher’s pet, wearing her school t-shirt.’” Minor explained. “She uses her school photo that was taken for the school yearbook on OnlyFans.”

“While I agree that not all content is appropriate for minors, this bill is a poor way to address those concerns,” Katie Hobbs wrote.

“The sponsor has stated that this bill was aimed at preventing a specific action from reoccurring, while in reality it is written in such a vague manner that it serves as little more than a thinly veiled effort to ban books.”