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NY A 4859

in committee

Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 4859 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4859 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

What is NY A 4859 about?

Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials.

Who sponsors NY A 4859?

Brian Cunningham is the primary sponsor of NY A 4859.

Description

Prohibits the banning of books or other materials by libraries or library systems; provides that no library or library system shall receive state aid unless such entity adopts the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or develops a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Brian Cunninghamprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7878not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4859?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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