New York Assembly Bill A05995 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5995 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting libraries and library systems from banning books or other materials based on partisan or doctrinal disapproval The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 286. Prohibition on book banning. No library, or library system 4 established or operating under this article, including school libraries 5 and school library systems, shall proscribe, ban, or remove any books or 6 other materials because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06099-01-5