Bill Commons

NY A 9625

in committee

Enacts the facilitating access to e-books for libraries act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Permits libraries and library systems to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements to purchase or license electronic literary materials; prevents contracts between publishers or aggregators and libraries or library systems from restricting the disclosure of certain information.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-18 — REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert C. Carrollprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-21

    REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-31

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-31

    PRINT NUMBER 9625A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-05-15

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2026-05-15

    PRINT NUMBER 9625B

    amendment-passage

  6. 2026-05-18

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A9625?summary=&detail=

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