{
  "retrieved": "2026-09-29",
  "source_url": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a6v7R7pidO7TIwRZTIh9T6c0--QNNVufcUUrDcz2GJM/edit",
  "report_url": "https://pen.org/report/book-bans-pressure-to-censor/",
  "file": "data/pen_2022_2023.xlsx",
  "sha256": "b5222b5b87fc2ad66c58a22b726eed1ed9169ccfb5e66acbea2b23074981aafe",
  "records": 3362,
  "states_with_records": 33,
  "sheets_crosschecked": [
    "Sorted by State & District",
    "Sorted by Author & Title"
  ],
  "aggregation": "Count each state-bearing event row once from one sheet; cross-check the other sheet without concatenating. States absent from the complete index have zero recorded entries, not verified absence of bans.",
  "state_name_normalization": "Hawai i to Hawaii; collapse repeated spaces in West Virginia. Original transcription retained.",
  "source_quality_note": "One state-bearing Texas entry has a blank title in both sheets and is retained to reconcile to PEN\u2019s 3,362 total.",
  "negative_predictions": 18,
  "forecast_source": "Banned Books.docx printed output",
  "forecast_validation": "Not demonstrated; this is retrospective descriptive comparison, not a new or validated forecast."
}