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A04859 Summary:

BILL NOA04859 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCunningham (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRLevenberg, Simon

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Amd §273, Ed L

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Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials.

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BILL NOA04859 

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02/06/2025referred to libraries and education technology

01/07/2026referred to libraries and education technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4859

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 LEVENBERG, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Libraries and Education Technology

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the
 banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 273 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 3 12. No library or library system shall receive state aid pursuant to
 4 this section unless such library or library system adopts the American
 5 Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials
 6 should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal
 7 disapproval or, in the alternative, develop a written statement prohib-
 8 iting the practice of banning books or other materials within the
 9 library or library system. A library or library system shall adopt such
 10 Bill of Rights or develop such written statement within ninety days of
 11 the effective date of this subdivision.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08554-01-5

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