Assembly Bill A378

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes provision to allow dissemination of information through tabling at college campuses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A378 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1314
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6430, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2146, S4473
2011-2012: A3669, S3351
2015-2016: A4846
2017-2018: A4578
2019-2020: A4672
2021-2022: A6909

2013-A378 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines the term "tabling" as dissemination of information and allows organizations to do tabling outside buildings on campus so long as they don't block access to or disrupt the academic use of campus buildings.

2013-A378 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   378

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the right to "tabling"
  on a college campus

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  6430 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "TABLING" SHALL MEAN THE DISSEMINATION
OF INFORMATION THROUGH DISPLAYING LITERATURE AND/OR SIGN UP  SHEETS  AND
VERBAL  ENTICING WITH THE POSSIBLE USE OF A TABLE AND CHAIRS IN A PUBLIC
PLACE. ANY CLUB OR ORGANIZATION OFFICIALLY  RECOGNIZED  BY  THE  STUDENT
GOVERNMENT  OR  ADMINISTRATION  OF  A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SHALL NOT BE
RESTRICTED IN ANY MANNER FROM TABLING BY THE EXTERIOR OF ANY BUILDING ON
CAMPUS AS LONG AS THE TABLING DOES NOT PROHIBIT OR UNDULY  RESTRICT  THE
ACCESS TO THE BUILDING OR DISRUPT THE ACADEMIC USES OF THE BUILDING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04199-01-3

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