Bill Commons

NY S 7920

in committee

Relates to dispositional alternatives for children placed with local social services agencies as destitute minors

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7920 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7920 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 7920 about?

Allows the court to enter an order regarding a destitute minor freeing the child for adoption and granting guardianship and custody to the commissioner of social services for the purposes of consenting to an adoption; authorizes certain commissioners of public welfare and city public welfare officers to consent to such adoptions.

Who sponsors NY S 7920?

Roxanne J. Persaud is the primary sponsor of NY S 7920, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Allows the court to enter an order regarding a destitute minor freeing the child for adoption and granting guardianship and custody to the commissioner of social services for the purposes of consenting to an adoption; authorizes certain commissioners of public welfare and city public welfare officers to consent to such adoptions.

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

  • Roxanne J. Persaudprimary
  • Zellnor Myriecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-14

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7447not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7920?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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