Bill Commons

NY S 9771

in committee

Relates to referrals for child support enforcement for foster care maintenance payments

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9771 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9771 is in committee as of 2026-05-19 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-19): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 9771 about?

Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.

Who sponsors NY S 9771?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 9771, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-19 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Shelley Mayercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-06

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-19

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Judiciary Vote

    2026-05-19 · pass · 17-2

    Member-level votes (19)
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Jack M. Martins: no
    • Steve Rhoads: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7054not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3660not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1036

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9771?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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