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NY A 9498

enacted

Relates to foreign adoptions

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 9498 pass?

Yes. NY A 9498 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-11. Latest recorded action (2026-02-11): SUBSTITUTED BY S8755

What is NY A 9498 about?

Removes the 18 year old age limitation for the adoption of a foreign-born person.

Who sponsors NY A 9498?

Amy Paulin is the primary sponsor of NY A 9498.

Description

Removes the 18 year old age limitation for the adoption of a foreign-born person.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-11 — SUBSTITUTED BY S8755
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Amy Paulinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-10

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-10

    REPORTED

  4. 2026-02-10

    RULES REPORT CAL.78

  5. 2026-02-10

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.78

  6. 2026-02-11

    SUBSTITUTED BY S8755

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • substituted-by: S 8755
  • Prior session: A 8412not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 8755

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A9498?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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