New York S 8630: Enacts the "freedom to read act"

Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-05-21)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 8630
Sponsors: Rachel May, Andrew Gounardes, Brian Kavanagh, Jeremy Zellner, John Liu, José M. Serrano, Julia Salazar, Pete Harckham, Robert Rolison, Sam Sutton, Toby Ann Stavisky, Zellnor Myrie
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S08630 Summary:

BILL NOS08630C

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SAME ASSAME AS A09537-B

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRBOTTCHER, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, KAVANAGH, LIU, MYRIE, ROLISON, SALAZAR, SERRANO, STAVISKY, SUTTON,
 ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add &sect;414-a, Ed L

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Requires each board of education to adopt a written policy for reconsideration of school library materials and make such policy available on its website; requires such policies to include provisions for the creation of a reconsideration committee to review complaints regarding school library materials; requires the commissioner of education to develop one or more model policies for school districts.

Go to top S08630 Actions:

BILL NOS08630C

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12/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

03/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

03/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 8630A

04/24/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

04/24/2026PRINT NUMBER 8630B

05/07/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

05/07/2026PRINT NUMBER 8630C

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1179

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to ways and means

06/04/2026substituted for a9537b

06/04/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.498

06/04/2026passed assembly

06/04/2026returned to senate

Go to topS08630 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS08630 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:06/04/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 114/27Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

Yes 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

No 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chang 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

No 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Raga 

No 

Stern 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

ER 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

No 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

Yes &#8225

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

Yes 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes &#8225

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

ER 

Valdez 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

No 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

ER 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

No 

Jensen 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

No 

Brook-Krasny 

No &#8225

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

Yes 

Norber 

No 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

No 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

No 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes &#8225

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

No 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

ER 

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

ER 

Lasher 

Yes 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

No 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

No 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

ER 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

Go to topS08630 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8630--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 22, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAY, GOUNARDES, KAVANAGH, LIU, MYRIE, ROLISON, SALA-
 ZAR, STAVISKY, SUTTON, ZELLNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Educatio
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