Senate Bill S7677

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Ensures that staff in libraries are able to curate collections, services, and programming that reflect diverse interests

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Libraries Committee


  • 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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2023-S7677 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7843
Current Committee:
Senate Libraries
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §254, Ed L

2023-S7677 - Summary

Ensures that staff in libraries are able to curate collections, services, and programming that reflect the interests of all people of the community that the library serves.

2023-S7677 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7677 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7677
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              October 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   libraries  to adopt policies preventing the banning of certain library
   materials, services, or programming

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 254 of the education law, as amended by chapter 718
 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   § 254. Standards  of  library service. 1. The regents shall have power
 to fix standards of library service for every free  association,  public
 and  hospital  library  or,  with  the  advice of the appropriate tribal
 government and library board of trustees, Indian library which  receives
 any  portion  of  the  moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  to aid such
 libraries, or which is supported in whole or in part by  tax  levied  by
 any  municipality  or  district.  In the case of a hospital library or a
 library serving a hospital,  such  standards  shall  be  established  in
 consultation  with the commissioner of health. If any such library shall
 fail to comply with the regents requirements,  such  library  shall  not
 receive  any  portion  of the moneys appropriated by the state for free,
 hospital or Indian libraries nor shall any tax be levied by any  munici-
 pality or district for the support in whole or in part of such library.
   2.  SUCH  STANDARDS  SHALL REQUIRE EVERY FREE ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC, AND
 HOSPITAL LIBRARY OR, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE APPROPRIATE  TRIBAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  AND  LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INDIAN LIBRARY, WHICH RECEIVES ANY
 PORTION OF THE MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY THE STATE TO AID  SUCH  LIBRARIES,
 TO   ADOPT  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  THAT  ENSURE  LIBRARY  MATERIALS,
 SERVICES, AND PROGRAMMING SHALL NOT BE PROSCRIBED OR REMOVED BECAUSE  OF
 PARTISAN OR DOCTRINAL DISAPPROVAL.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13335-01-3
              

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2023-S7677A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7843
Current Committee:
Senate Libraries
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §254, Ed L

2023-S7677A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures that staff in libraries are able to curate collections, services, and programming that reflect the interests of all people of the community that the library serves.

2023-S7677A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7677A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7677--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              October 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MAY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Libraries in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   libraries  to  adopt  policies ensuring that library staff are able to
   curate collections, services, and  programming  that  reflect  diverse
   interests
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 254 of the education law, as amended by chapter 718
 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   § 254. Standards of library service. 1. The regents shall  have  power
 to  fix  standards of library service for every free association, public
 and hospital library or, with  the  advice  of  the  appropriate  tribal
 government  and library board of trustees, Indian library which receives
 any portion of  the  moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  to  aid  such
 libraries,  or  which  is supported in whole or in part by tax levied by
 any municipality or district. In the case of a  hospital  library  or  a
 library  serving  a  hospital,  such  standards  shall be established in
 consultation with the commissioner of health. If any such library  shall
 fail  to  comply  with  the regents requirements, such library shall not
 receive any portion of the moneys appropriated by the  state  for  free,
 hospital  or Indian libraries nor shall any tax be levied by any munici-
 pality or district for the support in whole or in part of such library.
   2. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL REQUIRE EVERY FREE  ASSOCIATION,  PUBLIC,  AND
 HOSPITAL  LIBRARY  OR, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE APPROPRIATE TRIBAL GOVERN-
 MENT AND LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INDIAN LIBRARY, WHICH  RECEIVES  ANY
 PORTION  OF  THE MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY THE STATE TO AID SUCH LIBRARIES,
 TO ADOPT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT ENSURE LIBRARY STAFF ARE  ABLE  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13335-02-4
              

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