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New York Senate Libraries Committee
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| S01099 | Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available. | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| S01100 | Ensures that library staff of free association, public, and hospital libraries, and with certain advice, Indian libraries, are able to develop collections, services, and programming that reflect the values and protections established under the human rights law and the equal rights amendment to the state constitution. | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| S02423 | Prohibits libraries and library systems, including school libraries and school library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| S03154 | Directs the office of children and family services to establish Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the office of children and family services to promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment; recruit voluntee | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| S05494 | Creates a program to award state financial aid for social work services to be provided in libraries located in economically disadvantaged communities to enhance and expand access to services in places where individuals seek assistance and resources. | In Committee | 02/21/2025 |
| S05988 | Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education; sets aside one million dollars to be awarded through a competitive grant process; provides that half of such appropriation shall be set aside for libraries serving a population of one million or more. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| S05989 | Requires school districts to establish a method by which a parent may request a local library card for their minor child on the school registration form. | Crossed Over | 03/04/2025 |
| S06870 | Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding; provides the department of education, in consultation with the dormitory authority, the office of the state comptroller, and the public library systems of the state, shall assess and report on the capital needs of such public library systems, including public libraries and association libraries. | Crossed Over | 03/25/2025 |
| S07522 | Requires librarians for schools in every elementary, middle and high school in New York city. | In Committee | 04/21/2025 |
| S07932 | Changes the number of members of the board of trustees of the Mamaroneck public library district from eleven to no less than five and no more than fifteen. | Crossed Over | 05/14/2025 |
| S07967 | Includes the Island Park Public Library as an eligible library for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/15/2025 |
| S07993 | Requires public and not-for-profit libraries to implement risk evaluations and determinations, workplace trainings, and other measures for the prevention of workplace violence. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |
| S08044 | Directs the state librarian to provide guidance regarding evidence-based practices for literacy education to certain libraries. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |
| S08116 | Provides that publicly funded libraries may not ban books because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval; directs school districts to adopt the ALA library bill of rights. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |