Bill Commons

NY S 5389

in committee

Relates to the effect of military service on child care

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5389 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5389 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 5389 about?

Provides for the review of a suitable child care plan to be presented by the petitioning parent for the period of deployment, including but not limited to, reasonable notice by deploying parent to other parent of deployment, procedures for parents to make out of court arrangements regarding custody and visitation during deployment; prohibits an order of permanent custody without deployed parent's consent; makes related provisions.

Who sponsors NY S 5389?

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is the primary sponsor of NY S 5389.

Description

Provides for the review of a suitable child care plan to be presented by the petitioning parent for the period of deployment, including but not limited to, reasonable notice by deploying parent to other parent of deployment, procedures for parents to make out of court arrangements regarding custody and visitation during deployment; prohibits an order of permanent custody without deployed parent's consent; makes related provisions.

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

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    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 5543not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1373not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5417not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6036

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5389?summary=&detail=

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