New York A 9482: Requires local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care

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A09482 Summary:

BILL NOA09482 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08791

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §398-f, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.3781 & A.5434)

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Requires the local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care; provides that eligible expenditures for such luggage shall be subject to state reimbursement under the foster care block grant.

Go to top A09482 Actions:

BILL NOA09482 

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01/07/2026referred to children and families

01/12/2026reported referred to ways and means

01/13/2026reported referred to rules

01/13/2026reported 

01/13/2026rules report cal.33

01/13/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.33

01/20/2026passed assembly

01/20/2026delivered to senate

01/20/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8791

01/29/20263RD READING CAL.78

01/29/2026PASSED SENATE

01/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

02/13/2026delivered to governor

02/13/2026signed chap.26

Go to topA09482 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi 
DATE:01/12/2026AYE/NAY:16/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means HevesiAyeNovakhovAye

DavilaAyePirozzoloAye

AndersonAyeJensenAye

ClarkAyeBolognaAye

LunsfordExcusedMolitorAye

MeeksAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

MitaynesAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LasherAye

WiederAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:01/13/2026AYE/NAY:30/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickExcusedFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:01/13/2026AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineExcused

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09482 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:01/20/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 137/0Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

Yes 

Friend 

Yes 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smullen 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

Yes 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Raga 

ER 

Stern 

Yes 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chang 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Ramos 

Yes 

Tague 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

ER 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

Yes 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes &#8225

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

ER 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

ER 

Hevesi 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Brabenec 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Molitor 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Norber 

ER 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

Yes 

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kelles