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NY S 2577

in committee

Relates to background clearances for prospective employees and volunteers of mentoring programs

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2577 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2577 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 2577 about?

Permits mentoring programs to conduct background clearances of prospective employees and volunteers to determine whether any such person has been reported for child abuse or maltreatment or is on the sex offender registry.

Who sponsors NY S 2577?

Robert Ortt is the primary sponsor of NY S 2577, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Permits mentoring programs to conduct background clearances of prospective employees and volunteers to determine whether any such person has been reported for child abuse or maltreatment or is on the sex offender registry.

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

  • Robert Orttprimary
  • Robert Rolisoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-21

    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: S 8817not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1231not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3195

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2577?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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