S 1099 — Enacts the freedom to read act
Congress · introduced 2025-01-08
Enacts the "freedom to read act"; requires the commissioner of education and school library systems to develop policies to ensure that school libraries and library staff are empowered to curate and develop collections that provide students with access to the widest array of developmentally appropriate materials available.
Latest action: 2025-12-19 — VETOED
Sponsors
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — sponsor · 2025-01-08
- Samra Brouk (—, NY-55) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Leroy Comrie (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Jessica Ramos (—, NY-13) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Lea Webb (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-01-08
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO LIBRARIES
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.649
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
- · senate — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
- · assembly — SUBSTITUTED FOR A7777
- · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.744
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- · senate — VETOED MEMO.136
Text versions
Connected on the graph
Inbound (10)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Human Rights for Kids | lobbies_on_bill | — | ny_lobbying | |
| 2025-01-08 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Robert Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Leroy Comrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Samra Brouk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Patricia Fahy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Lea Webb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Jessica Ramos | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-08 | Rachel May | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 10 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Lobbying
← Lobbies on bill 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 8 edges
- Jessica Ramos · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Michelle Hinchey · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Robert Jackson · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Pete Harckham · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Patricia Fahy · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Lea Webb · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Leroy Comrie · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
- Samra Brouk · cosponsor · 2025-01-08
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Rachel May · sponsor · 2025-01-08
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by Human Rights for Kids · ny_lobbying
- 2025-01-08 · sponsored by Rachel May (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Leroy Comrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-08 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship