New York A 7410: Prohibits an individual with a vested interest or government agency from having a cause of action against a library staff member who refuses to remove such library materials

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A07410 Summary:

BILL NOA07410 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRReyes, Shimsky, Epstein, Raga, Gallagher, Glick, Steck, Burroughs, Lasher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §275-a, Ed L

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Prohibits an individual with a vested interest or government agency from having a cause of action against a library staff member who refuses to remove such library materials whether such library materials belongs to a school or public library.

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BILL NOA07410 

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03/25/2025referred to libraries and education technology

01/07/2026referred to libraries and education technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7410

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Libraries and Education Technology

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting a cause of
 action for refusing a request to remove library materials

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 275-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 275-a. Refusal of a request to remove library materials. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "Individual with a vested interest" means any resident who is
 7 served by the school or public library or resides in a county or munici-
 8 pality where the school or public library is situated.
 9 (b) "Library material" means any material including, but not limited
 10 to, nonfiction and fiction books; magazines; reference books; supplemen-
 11 tary titles; multimedia and digital material; software and instructional
 12 material and other material not required as part of classroom instruc-
 13 tion, belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody of a school
 14 or public library.
 15 (c) "Library staff member" means a school or public library media
 16 specialist, librarian, any certificated or non-certificated staff member
 17 assigned to duties in a school or public library, or any individual
 18 conducting or assisting with the functions of a school or public library
 19 media specialist or school or public librarian.
 20 2. Where an individual with a vested interest or government agency
 21 requests that library material be removed from a school or public
 22 library and a library staff member fails to remove such library materi-
 23 al, nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a cause of
 24 action against such library staff member for failing to remove such
 25 library material from a school or public library.
 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01814-02-5

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