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NY S 9559

in committee

Prohibits libraries and library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9559 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9559 is in committee as of 2026-03-25 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-25): REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

What is NY S 9559 about?

Prohibits libraries and library systems, including school libraries and school library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

Who sponsors NY S 9559?

Siela Bynoe is the primary sponsor of NY S 9559.

Description

Prohibits libraries and library systems, including school libraries and school library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-03-25 — REFERRED TO LIBRARIES
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Siela Bynoeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-25

    REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9324not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2423not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 5995

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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