A 5835 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the libraries literacy education guidance act

This bill requires New York's state librarian to develop and distribute evidence-based guidance on core reading skills (like phonemic awareness, fluency, and comprehension) for libraries serving pre-K through 5th-grade students, with separate guidance for older students and adults. The guidance, created within one year of the law taking effect, must be based on existing education standards and shared with all public and association libraries statewide. Libraries will receive resources such as texts, educational technology, and professional materials to support literacy programs. The state librarian must update this guidance every two years, incorporating feedback from libraries.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2026
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A5835A A5835B · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to add three new sponsors and update its legislative history to reflect committee actions. The scope of the literacy guidance was narrowed from covering students in pre-kindergarten through grade five to only pre-kindergarten through grade three, while the requirement for the state librarian to provide modified guidance for older students and adults was removed.
Scope change
The bill's scope was reduced by limiting the literacy guidance to students in pre-kindergarten through grade three, removing the previous mandate to provide separate guidance for students beyond grade five and adults.
ELIGIBILITY

The target audience for literacy guidance was changed from pre-kindergarten through grade five to pre-kindergarten through grade three.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the state librarian to provide modified guidance for students beyond grade five and adults was deleted.

TECHNICAL

Three new sponsors (Levenberg, Walker, McDonald, Torres, Lunsford, Taylor, Schiavoni, Buttenschon) were added to the list of bill authors.

Legislative history was updated to include committee reports and referrals to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Jun 2, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5835B
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5835A
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

Sponsors