Bill Commons

NY S 4245

in committee

Establishes the independent office of the child advocate

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4245 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4245 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

What is NY S 4245 about?

Establishes the independent office of the child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of the rights of children in the care of any state agency or local social services district.

Who sponsors NY S 4245?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 4245, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the independent office of the child advocate to ensure the protection and promotion of the rights of children in the care of any state agency or local social services district.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary
  • Jamaal Baileycosponsor
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2873not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3783not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5778not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7678not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4912not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5212not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6374not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4392

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4245?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 4245. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.