New York A 691: Relates to the unearned income of a child

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A00691 Summary:

BILL NOA00691 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01757

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, De Los Santos, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§131-a & 131-c, Soc Serv L

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Relates to the unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance household.

Go to top A00691 Actions:

BILL NOA00691 

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01/08/2025referred to social services

03/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

05/29/2025reported referred to rules

06/04/2025reported 

06/04/2025rules report cal.375

06/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.375

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.26

Go to topA00691 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES Chair:Davila 
DATE:03/25/2025AYE/NAY:13/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DavilaAyeMolitorNay

SolagesAyeSimpsonNay

EichensteinAyeMcDonoughExcused

ReyesAyeFriendNay

ForrestAyeBaileyNay

Gonzalez-RojasAye

De Los SantosAye

SimoneAye

RagaAye

BergerAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

O'PharrowAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:05/29/2025AYE/NAY:24/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaNay

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

BenedettoAyePalmesanoNay

WeprinAyeWalshNay

RamosAyeDeStefanoNay

BraunsteinAyeManktelowNay

McDonaldAyeSmullenNay

RozicAyeGiglioNay

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightExcused

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/04/2025AYE/NAY:22/6 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithExcused

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA00691 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00691 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 691

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DE LOS SANTOS -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to any unearned
 income of a child in certain circumstances

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
 2 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (xiv) any unearned income of a child when the parent or non-parent
 5 caregiver chooses to exclude such child from the public assistance
 6 household pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred
 7 thirty-one-c of this article.
 8 § 2. The section heading of section 131-c of the social services law,
 9 as added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 Inclusion of parents [and siblings] of a minor in the public assist-
 12 ance household.
 13 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 131-c of the social services law, as
 14 added by chapter 42 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 15 1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of
 16 assistance payable, the social services district shall, when a minor is
 17 named as an applicant for public assistance, require that [his or her]
 18 such minor's parents [and minor brothers and sisters] also apply for
 19 assistance and be included in the household for purposes of determining
 20 eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in the same
 21 dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any income of or
 22 available for such parents, [brothers and sisters] which is not disre-
 23 garded under subdivision eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a of
 24 this article, shall be considered available to such household. [The

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01502-01-5

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