New York A 9537: Relates to enacting the "New York State Transparency in Supply Chains Act"

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A09537 Summary:

BILL NOA09537B

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SAME ASSAME AS S08630-C

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSRPaulin, Schiavoni, Steck, Shimsky, Carroll R, Gonzalez-Rojas, Dinowitz, Lee, Wright, Simon,
 Seawright, Raga, Kassay, Bronson, Bores, Levenberg, Lunsford, Reyes, Otis, Jackson, Shrestha,
 Forrest, Hevesi, McMahon, Clark, Burdick, Rosenthal, Kelles, Gallagher, Jacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §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 A09537 Actions:

BILL NOA09537B

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01/14/2026referred to education

03/12/2026amend and recommit to education

03/12/2026print number 9537a

05/07/2026amend and recommit to education

05/07/2026print number 9537b

06/01/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/04/2026reported referred to rules

06/04/2026reported 

06/04/2026rules report cal.498

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

06/04/2026substituted by s8630c

&nbspS08630 AMEND=C MAY

&nbsp12/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

&nbsp03/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

&nbsp03/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 8630A

&nbsp04/24/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

&nbsp04/24/2026PRINT NUMBER 8630B

&nbsp05/07/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

&nbsp05/07/2026PRINT NUMBER 8630C

&nbsp05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1179

&nbsp05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/02/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/04/2026substituted for a9537b

&nbsp06/04/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.498

&nbsp06/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/04/2026returned to senate

Go to topA09537 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecExcused

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:22/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoNay

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

BenedettoAyeWalshNay

WeprinAyeDeStefanoNay

RamosAyeManktelowNay

BraunsteinAyeSmullenNay

McDonaldAyeGiglioNay

RozicAyeSlaterNay

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Go to topA09537 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09537 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9537--B

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, PAULIN, SCHIAVONI, STECK, SHIMSKY,
 R. CARROLL, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DINOWITZ, LEE, WRIGHT, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT,
 RAGA, KASSAY, BRONSON, BORES, LEVENBERG, LUNSFORD, REYES, OTIS -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
 ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 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. The education law is amended by adding a new section 414-a to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 414-a. School library materials. 1. (a) Each board of education
 6 shall adopt a written policy for the reconsideration of school library
 7 materials and shall make such policy available on the