New York A 1211: Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives

Status: REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-04-27)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1211

Sponsors: Landon C. Dais, Al Taylor, Alex Bores, Amanda Septimo, Amy Paulin, Andrew Hevesi, Brian Cunningham, Catalina Cruz, Charles Lavine, Clyde Vanel, Dana Levenberg, Erik Dilan, George Alvarez, Jenifer Rajkumar, Joe DeStefano, John Zaccaro Jr., Jonathan Rivera, Karines Reyes, Khaleel Anderson, Latrice Walker, Maritza Davila, Monique Chandler-Waterman, Noah Burroughs, Pamela J. Hunter, Phil Steck

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A01211 Summary:

BILL NOA01211A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05228-A

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SPONSORDais (MS)

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COSPNSRAlvarez, Bichotte Hermelyn, Bores, Chandler-Waterman, Cruz, Cunningham, Davila, Hevesi, Hunter,
 Lavine, Paulin, Raga, Rajkumar, Rivera, Septimo, Vanel, Walker, Zaccaro, Steck, Schiavoni, Reyes,
 Anderson, Burroughs, Ramos, DeStefano, Levenberg, Dilan, Tapia, Taylor

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §501-i, Exec L

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Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Go to top A01211 Actions:

BILL NOA01211A

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01/09/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

04/23/2026amend and recommit to children and families

04/23/2026print number 1211a

04/27/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA01211 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi 
DATE:04/27/2026AYE/NAY:13/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means HevesiAyeNovakhovExcused

DavilaAyePirozzoloAye

AndersonAyeJensenAye

ClarkAyeBolognaAye

LunsfordAyeMolitorAye

MeeksExcused

Gonzalez-RojasAye

MitaynesAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LasherExcused

WiederExcused

Go to topA01211 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01211 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1211--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DAIS, ALVAREZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BORES, CHAN-
 DLER-WATERMAN, CRUZ, CUNNINGHAM, DAVILA, HEVESI, HUNTER, LAVINE,
 PAULIN, RAGA, RAJKUMAR, RIVERA, SEPTIMO, VANEL, WALKER, ZACCARO,
 STECK, SCHIAVONI, REYES, ANDERSON, BURROUGHS, RAMOS, DeSTEFANO, LEVEN-
 BERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Fami-
 lies -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and Families in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the office
 of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood
 initiatives

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 501-i
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 501-i. The center for fatherhood initiatives. There is hereby
 4 established within the office of children and family services the center
 5 for fatherhood initiatives. The center for fatherhood initiatives shall
 6 issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of
 7 fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood
 8 groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge,
 9 attitudes, and self-efficacy. The center for fatherhood initiatives may
 10 also provide such services. The commissioner of the office of children
 11 and family services may promulgate any necessary rules and regulations
 12 for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the center for
 13 fatherhood initiatives.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00316-05-6

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