New York A 7777: Relates to financial liability and disclosure for funeral homes

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A07777 Summary:

BILL NOA07777 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01099

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSROtis, Levenberg, Lavine, McMahon, Clark, Slater, Morinello, Shrestha, Stirpe, Burdick, Meeks,
 Shimsky, Kelles, Hevesi, Epstein, Glick, Griffin, Kay, Reyes, Bores, Lunsford, Schiavoni, Woerner,
 De Los Santos, Lasher, Simon, Smith, Conrad, Solages, Paulin, Forrest, Magnarelli, Rosenthal,
 Kassay, Raga, Jacobson, Bronson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§276 & 283, Ed L

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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.

Go to top A07777 Actions:

BILL NOA07777 

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04/10/2025referred to education

06/10/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/12/2025reported referred to rules

06/13/2025reported 

06/13/2025rules report cal.744

06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.744

06/13/2025substituted by s1099

&nbspS01099 AMEND= MAY

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

&nbsp04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.649

&nbsp04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/20/2025referred to education

&nbsp06/13/2025substituted for a7777

&nbsp06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.744

&nbsp06/17/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/17/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025VETOED MEMO.136

Go to topA07777 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/12/2025AYE/NAY:33/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinExcusedWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/13/2025AYE/NAY:23/6 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

RosenthalAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

StirpeAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA07777 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07777 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7777

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, OTIS, LEVENBERG, LAVINE, McMAHON, CLARK,
 SLATER, MORINELLO, SHRESTHA, STIRPE, BURDICK, MEEKS, SHIMSKY -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "freedom
 to read act"

 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 "freedom to read act".
 3 § 2. Section 276 of the education law is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 276. Existing rules continued in force. All existing provisions of
 5 law and rules established by the commissioner of education for the
 6 management of public school libraries shall hold good as to the manage-
 7 ment of such school libraries until altered by or in pursuance of law.
 8 Such laws and rules established by the commissioner shall include poli-
 9 cies to ensure that school libraries and library staff, including but
 10 not limited to certified library media specialists, are empowered to
 11 curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the
 12 widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available to
 13 school districts.
 14 § 3. Section 283 of the education law, as added by chapter 348 of the
 15 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 16 § 283. Functions of school library