New York S 1100: Enacts the "open shelves act"

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S01100 Summary:

BILL NOS01100A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03119-B

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MYRIE, RIVERA, ROLISON, SALAZAR,
 SERRANO, WEBB

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Amd §254, Ed L

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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.

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BILL NOS01100A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.650

04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to libraries and education technology

06/09/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025returned to senate

06/09/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1100A

06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE

06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to libraries and education technology

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1010

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to libraries and education technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1100--A
 Cal. No. 650

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAY, COMRIE, HARCKHAM, MYRIE, SALAZAR, WEBB -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Libraries -- reported favorably from said committee,
 ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
 by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
 restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain
 libraries to adopt policies ensuring that library staff are able to
 curate and 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

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "open shelves act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. It is the sense of the legislature that
 4 public libraries are essential to ensuring broad access to information,
 5 fostering informed citizenship, intellectual exploration, and imagina-
 6 tion. By ensuring that library collections, services, and programming
 7 reflect diverse experiences and perspectives, the legislature seeks to
 8 maintain libraries as spaces where all members of the community can
 9 engage with the marketplace of ideas, promoting open access to informa-
 10 tion and points of view. Librarians are professionals trained to curate
 11 robust collections that serve the full spectrum of their communities,
 12 and this legislation affirms the state's trust in their ability to do
 13 so.
 14 § 3. Section 254 of the education law, as amended by chapter 718 of
 15 the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
 16 § 254. Standards of library service. 1. The regents shall have power
 17 to fix standards of library service for every free association, public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00089-08-5

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 1 and hospital library or, with the advice of the appropriate tribal
 2 government and library board of trustees, Indian library which receives
 3 any portion of the moneys appropriated by the state to aid such
 4 libraries, or which is supported in whole or in part by tax levied by
 5 any municipality or district. In the case of a hospital library or a
 6 library serving a hospital,