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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3154: Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program

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

S 3154 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creates Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program. Primary sponsor: Jeremy Cooney (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Directs the office of children and family services to establish Dolly Parton's statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the office of children and family services to promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment; recruit volunteers to assist in the development, promotion, and coordination of local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; solicit donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton's Imagination Library programs; develop community engagement; develop, promote, and coordinate a public awareness campaign to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the affiliate programs and make the public aware of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive books through the program; administer the local match requirement and coordinate the collection and remittance of local program costs for books and mailing; and develop statewide marketing and communication plans; establishes the imagination library of New York fund.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 15 · Democratic/Working Families 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy CooneyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
April BaskinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Erik BottcherCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate47
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Roxanne PersaudCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Jeremy ZellnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate61

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO LIBRARIES
  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  4. PRINT NUMBER 3154A
  5. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES
  6. REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

Sources

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