New York Senate Bill 8514

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-20 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Directs the state librarian to establish statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the state librarian 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.

Directs the state librarian to establish statewide imagination library program for encouraging children from birth to five years of age to develop a love of reading and learning; directs the state librarian 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.

Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]	Sen. Iwen Chu [D]	Sen. John Mannion [D]	Sen. Timothy Kennedy [D]
Sen. Rachel May [D]	Sen. Lea Webb [D]

2024-03-20 - Senate - Senate Libraries Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-20	Senate	REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
2024-03-13	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 8514A
2024-03-13	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES
2024-02-07	Senate	REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

A09652 (Same As) 2024-04-08 - print number 9652a

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8514
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S08514&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S08514
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S08514&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S08514A
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8514#SC1