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NY A 4978

in committee

Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4978 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4978 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY A 4978 about?

Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.

Who sponsors NY A 4978?

Vivian Cook is the primary sponsor of NY A 4978, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Vivian Cookprimary
  • David Weprincosponsor
  • Steven Ragacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6151not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6887not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3458not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4538not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3790not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 8937

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4978?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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