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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 7410: Prohibits an individual with a vested interest or government agency from having a cause of action against a library staff member who refuses to remove such library materials

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 7410 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits an individual with a vested interest or government agency from having a cause of action against a library staff member who refuses to remove such library materials. Primary sponsor: Linda Rosenthal (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits an individual with a vested interest or government agency from having a cause of action against a library staff member who refuses to remove such library materials whether such library materials belongs to a school or public library.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Linda RosenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Micah LasherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
  2. REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source