Libraries
NY State Senate committee
Libraries, NY State Senate committee: members, chair, and recent bills in committee, from the public record.
- Members
- 7
- Meets
- Wednesday at 09:00
- Location
- Room 901 LOB
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Chair
- Siela Bynoe
- Members with a page here
- 3
Chair
Members
- Erik Bottcher State Senator, District 47
- Jabari Brisport State Senator, District 25
- José M. Serrano State Senator, District 29
Recent bills in committee
The 40 most recent of 41 bills referred to this committee or taken up on its agenda in the 2023-24 and 2025-26 sessions.
- S10145 Relates to the practice of banning books by publicly funded libraries In Senate Committee
- S9732 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 Senate Committee
- S8044 Establishes the libraries literacy education guidance act Passed Assembly
- S7993 Requires public and not-for-profit libraries to provide certain workplace protections for employees In Senate Committee
- S7967 Includes the Island Park Public Library as an eligible library for the financing of projects through the dormitory authority Signed by Governor
- S7932 Relates to the number of members of the board of trustees of the Mamaroneck public library district Signed by Governor
- S7522 Requires librarians for schools in New York city In Senate Committee
- S6870 Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding 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
- S5988 Enables public libraries to access employment preparation education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy education In Senate Committee
- S5494 Relates to state financial aid for library social work services In Assembly Committee
- S3154 Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program In Senate Committee
- S2423 Prohibits libraries and library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval In Senate Committee
- S1100 Enacts the "open shelves act" In Assembly Committee
- S1099 Enacts the freedom to read act Vetoed
- S9648 Establishes a registry for historic libraries and museums In Senate Committee
- S9352 Relates to library cards for minors In Senate Committee
- S9324 Prohibits libraries and library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval In Senate Committee
- S8514 Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program In Senate Committee