Bill Commons

NY A 4703

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Relates to admissible evidence in court proceedings to secure an order of protection

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Clarifies that in child protective proceedings and permanency hearings for children placed out of their homes, the social worker-client privilege shall not be a ground for excluding evidence in a hearing to secure an order of protection.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
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bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Joseph Sempolinskiprimary

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

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