Bill Commons

NY A 4703

in committee

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4703 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4703 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 4703 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY A 4703?

Joseph Sempolinski is the primary sponsor of NY A 4703.

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

  • Joseph Sempolinskiprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8814not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5746not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8388not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2399not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4703?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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