S1099 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

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.

Title
Enacts the freedom to read act
Type
New York State Senate bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
Vetoed
Latest action date
2025-12-19
Introduced
2025-01-08
Same as
A7777
Law section
Education Law

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Heard in committee

Same as

Substituted for

Committee meetings

Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.

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