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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1100: Enacts the "open shelves act"

Passed one chamber 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

S 1100 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "open shelves act". Primary sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 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.

Ensures that library staff of free association, public, and hospital libraries, and with certain advice, Indian libraries, are able to develop collections, services, and programming that reflect the values and protections established under the human rights law and the equal rights amendment to the state constitution.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 7 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rachel MayPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.1010
  7. REFERRED TO LIBRARIES
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
  11. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. REPASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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