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NY S 9778

in committee

Relates to liability of cities and counties for negligence in the placement of a child

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9778 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9778 is in committee as of 2026-05-19 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-19): PRINT NUMBER 9778B

What is NY S 9778 about?

Relates to the duty owed by cities and counties to children in the legal custody of such cities and counties with respect to the placement of children; provides a statutory private right of action for compensatory damage.

Who sponsors NY S 9778?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 9778, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to the duty owed by cities and counties to children in the legal custody of such cities and counties with respect to the placement of children; provides a statutory private right of action for compensatory damage.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-19 — PRINT NUMBER 9778B
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Jeremy Cooneycosponsor
  • Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor
  • Andrew Gounardescosponsor
  • Zellnor Myriecosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-06

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-09

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-09

    PRINT NUMBER 9778A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-05-19

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2026-05-19

    PRINT NUMBER 9778B

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9210not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2270not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4362

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9778?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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