Libraries and Education Technology

NY State Assembly committee

Libraries and Education Technology, NY State Assembly committee: members, chair, and recent bills in committee, from the public record.

Members

9

Session

2025-26 session

Chair

Robert C. Carroll

Members with a page here

4

Chair

• Robert C. Carroll Assembly Member, District 44

Members

Recent bills in committee

The 40 most recent of 45 bills referred to this committee or taken up on its agenda in the 2023-24 and 2025-26 sessions.

• A11177 Authorizes the board of trustees of any library chartered by the regents of the state of New York to develop, lease, or use public library spaces for the purposes of constructing affordable, mixed-use housing In Assembly Committee
• A9625 Enacts the facilitating access to e-books for libraries act In Assembly Committee
• A8786 Corrects language relating to indigenous libraries from Indian libraries In Assembly Committee
• A8650 Includes the Island Park Public Library as an eligible library for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority Assembly Floor Calendar
• S7967 Includes the Island Park Public Library as an eligible library for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority Signed by Governor
• A7568 Requires the state librarian to provide guidance on the curation of library material to all school library systems In Assembly Committee
• A7506 Authorizes the establishment of a public library revolving loan fund In Assembly Committee
• A7410 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 In Assembly Committee
• A7353 Protects the independence of libraries and shields librarians from civil and criminal liability for certain actions Assembly Floor Calendar
• S6870 Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding In Assembly Committee
• A6961 Authorizes the creation of a study to examine public library aid formulas and library construction formulas In Assembly Committee
• A6903 Requires public and not-for-profit libraries to provide certain workplace protections for employees In Senate Committee
• S5989 Relates to library cards for minors In Assembly Committee
• A5995 Prohibits libraries and library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval In Assembly Committee
• A5835 Establishes the libraries literacy education guidance act Assembly Floor Calendar
• A5532 Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program In Assembly Committee
• A5525 Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding In Assembly Committee
• A5416 Relates to enacting the "books save lives act" In Assembly Committee
• A4859 Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems In Assembly Committee
• A4478 Relates to library cards for minors In Assembly Committee