Bill Commons

NY A 492

in committee

Establishes the statewide childcare workforce living wage fund; appropriation

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did NY A 492 pass?

Not yet. NY A 492 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

What is NY A 492 about?

Establishes the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund and provides for the distribution thereof; makes an appropriation therefor.

Who sponsors NY A 492?

Andrew Hevesi is the primary sponsor of NY A 492, joined by 17 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund and provides for the distribution thereof; makes an appropriation therefor.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Andrew Hevesiprimary
  • Noah Burroughscosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • John T. McDonald IIIcosponsor
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Robert C. Carrollcosponsor
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Josh Jensencosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • Demond Meekscosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Jeffrey Dinowitzcosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-26

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-26

    PRINT NUMBER 492A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 5753not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 5533

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A492?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=A 492. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.