Bill Commons

NY S 146

in committee

Relates to prohibiting forensic evaluations in a custody or visitation proceeding; repealer

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 146 pass?

Not yet. NY S 146 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

What is NY S 146 about?

Prohibits courts from ordering an evaluation of a party or child or allowing into evidence a forensic report created by a forensic evaluator on a party or child to assist such court in a child custody or visitation determination.

Who sponsors NY S 146?

Anthony H. Palumbo is the primary sponsor of NY S 146.

Description

Prohibits courts from ordering an evaluation of a party or child or allowing into evidence a forensic report created by a forensic evaluator on a party or child to assist such court in a child custody or visitation determination.

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

  • Anthony H. Palumboprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10424not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7742not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4149not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 532

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S146?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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