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NY S 8937

in committee

Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 8937 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8937 is in committee as of 2026-01-16 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-16): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

What is NY S 8937 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 S 8937?

Roxanne J. Persaud is the primary sponsor of NY S 8937, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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
2026-01-16 — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Roxanne J. Persaudprimary
  • Pamela Helmingcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 3458not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6887not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4538not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3790not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6151not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4978

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8937?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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