S 8630 — Enacts the "freedom to read act"
Congress · introduced 2025-12-22
Requires each board of education to adopt a written policy for reconsideration of school library materials and make such policy available on its website; requires such policies to include provisions for the creation of a reconsideration committee to review complaints regarding school library materials; requires the commissioner of education to develop one or more model policies for school districts.
Latest action: 2026-05-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — sponsor · 2025-12-22
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Brian Kavanagh (—, NY-27) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- John Liu (—, NY-16) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Robert Rolison (—, NY-39) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- José M. Serrano (—, NY-29) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Toby Ann Stavisky (—, NY-11) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Sam Sutton (—, NY-22) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
- Jeremy Zellner (—, NY-61) — cosponsor · 2025-12-22
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8630A
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8630B
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8630C
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-12-22 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2026-03-11 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-04-24 — HTML · Text
- Amendment C · 2026-05-07 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | John Liu | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Andrew Gounardes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Toby Ann Stavisky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Brian Kavanagh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Sam Sutton | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Jeremy Zellner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Rachel May | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | José M. Serrano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-22 | Robert Rolison | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jeremy Zellner (—, state_upper NY-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Robert Rolison (—, state_upper NY-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Sam Sutton (—, state_upper NY-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Toby Ann Stavisky (—, state_upper NY-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | 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.
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Brian Kavanagh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Robert Rolison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · sponsored by Rachel May (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Sam Sutton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Jeremy Zellner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by Toby Ann Stavisky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-22 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship