S 8630 NY
Enacts the "freedom to read act"
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Summary
NY S 8630, the Freedom to Read Act, requires each school board to adopt a written policy for reconsidering school library materials. The bill requires school boards to make their reconsideration policies available on their websites. The bill requires school boards to establish reconsideration committees to review complaints about school library materials. The bill requires the Commissioner of Education to develop model policies to guide school districts in implementing these reconsideration procedures.
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Official abstract
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.
Sponsor (1)
- Rachel May Democratic · primary
12 coauthors / cosponsors
- Erik Bottcher Democratic · cosponsor
- Andrew Gounardes Democratic · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Brian Kavanagh Democratic · cosponsor
- John Liu Democratic · cosponsor
- Zellnor Myrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
- Julia Salazar Democratic · cosponsor
- José M. Serrano Democratic · cosponsor
- Toby Ann Stavisky Democratic · cosponsor
- Sam Sutton Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Zellner Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (18)
- Dec 22, 2025 REFERRED TO RULES · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper
- Mar 11, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION · upper
- Mar 11, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8630A · upper
- Apr 24, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION · upper
- Apr 24, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8630B · upper
- May 7, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION · upper
- May 7, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8630C · upper
- May 19, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.1179 · upper
- May 20, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 21, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS · lower
- Jun 4, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9537B · lower
- Jun 4, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.498 · lower
- Jun 4, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jun 4, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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