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Assembly Bill A1435

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain text-books to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea

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2025-A1435 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §706, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9703
2015-2016: A625
2017-2018: A1356
2019-2020: A579
2021-2022: A321
2023-2024: A3500

2025-A1435 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all text-books approved by this article to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea.

2025-A1435 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1435
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, COLTON, ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, SIMON --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FITZPATRICK, HEVESI, McDONOUGH,  RA  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring certain
   text-books to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 706 to
 read as follows:
   §  706.  REFERENCE  TO SEA OF JAPAN. ANY TEXT-BOOK APPROVED AND ISSUED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE  WHICH  REFERS  TO
 THE SEA OF JAPAN SHALL ALSO REFER TO SUCH SEA AS THE EAST SEA.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law and shall  apply  to  text-
 books approved and issued on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04006-01-5

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