Assembly Bill A4578

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes provision to allow dissemination of information through tabling at college campuses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A4578 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6430, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2146
2011-2012: A3669
2013-2014: A378
2015-2016: A4846
2019-2020: A4672
2021-2022: A6909

2017-A4578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines the term "tabling" as dissemination of information and allows organizations to do tabling outside buildings on campus so long as they don't block access to or disrupt the academic use of campus buildings.

2017-A4578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4578
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the right to "tabling"
   on a college campus
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  6430 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "TABLING" SHALL MEAN THE DISSEMINATION
 OF INFORMATION THROUGH DISPLAYING LITERATURE AND/OR SIGN UP  SHEETS  AND
 VERBAL  ENTICING WITH THE POSSIBLE USE OF A TABLE AND CHAIRS IN A PUBLIC
 PLACE. ANY CLUB OR ORGANIZATION OFFICIALLY  RECOGNIZED  BY  THE  STUDENT
 GOVERNMENT  OR  ADMINISTRATION  OF  A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SHALL NOT BE
 RESTRICTED IN ANY MANNER FROM TABLING BY THE EXTERIOR OF ANY BUILDING ON
 CAMPUS AS LONG AS THE TABLING DOES NOT PROHIBIT OR UNDULY  RESTRICT  THE
 ACCESS TO THE BUILDING OR DISRUPT THE ACADEMIC USES OF THE BUILDING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03644-01-7

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