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Home/Bills/A 4478New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4478: Requires the board of regents to establish a method by which a parent may request a library card for their minor on the school registration form.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 4478 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to provide library cards to minors who attend full-time instruction. Parents will check a box on the school registration form to authorize their child to receive a library card from the local library. The state education department will establish a method for parents to request a library card for their child on the registration form. The law will take effect 100 days after it is passed.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to libraries and education technology (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Robert CarrollJessica González-RojasGabriella RomeroJosh JensenRobert SmullenChris BurdickJudy GriffinJen LunsfordBrian CunninghamRebecca Kassay
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to libraries and education technology
Feb. 04, 2025referred to libraries and education technology
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 203 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4478 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to library cards issued to minors The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3205 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Upon registration of a minor to attend full time instruction pursu- 4 ant to this section, parents shall check a space on such registration 5 authorizing such minor to receive a library card from the respective 6 local library. The regents shall establish a method by which a parent 7 may request a library card for their minor on the school registration 8 form. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08557-01-5 
Text of A 4478 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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