New York S 9316: Replaces the terms father, mother, and filiation to gender neutral language; repealer

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S09316 Summary:

BILL NOS09316 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08382-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §562, amd Fam Ct Act, generally; amd R4518, CPLR; amd §§75-a, 111-b, 240, 244-b, 244-c & 244-d, Dom Rel
L; amd §256, Exec L; amd §90, Judy L; amd Soc Serv L, generally; amd §3-503, Gen Ob L; amd §510, V & T L; amd
§119, ABC L; amd §6509-c, Ed L

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Replaces the terms father, mother, and filiation to gender neutral language.

Go to top S09316 Actions:

BILL NOS09316 

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02/27/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.572

03/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/23/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8382A

&nbspA08382 AMEND=A Paulin

&nbsp05/13/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/21/2026reference changed to judiciary

&nbsp02/10/2026reported referred to codes

&nbsp02/25/2026reported 

&nbsp02/26/2026advanced to third reading cal.275

&nbsp03/04/2026amended on third reading 8382a

&nbsp03/19/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/19/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/19/2026REFERRED TO CODES

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9316

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.572

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9316

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the civil practice law and rules,
 the domestic relations law, the executive law, the judiciary law, the
 social services law, the general obligations law, the vehicle and
 traffic law, the alcoholic beverage control law, and the education
 law, in relation to substituting parentage for paternity and filia-
 tion; and to repeal certain provisions of the family court act relat-
 ing thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of section 115 of the
 2 family court act, as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1994, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (iii) proceedings to determine [paternity] parentage and for the
 5 support of children born [out-of-wedlock] out of wedlock, as set forth
 6 in [article] articles five and five-C of this act;
 7 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 154 of the family court act, as added
 8 by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
 9 (b) In a proceeding to establish [paternity] parentage or to estab-
 10 lish, modify or enforce support, the court may send process without the
 11 state in the same manner and with the same effect as process sent within
 12 the state in the exercise of personal jurisdiction over any person
 13 subject to the jurisdiction of the court under section three hundred one
 14 or three hundred two of the civil practice law and rules or under
 15 section 580-201 of article five-B of [the family court] this act,
 16 notwithstanding that such person is not a resident or domiciliary of the
 17 state.
 18 § 3. Paragraph (viii) of subdivision (a) of section 262 of the family
 19 court act, as added by chapter 456 of the laws of 1978, is amended to
 20 read as follows:
 21 (viii) the respondent in any proceeding under [article] articles five
 22 and five-C of this act in relation to the establishment of [paternity]
 23 parentage.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11920-02-6

 S. 9316 2

 1 § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 418 of the family court act, as
 2 amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (a) The court, on its own motion or motion of any party, when [pater-
 5 nity] parentage is contested under this article, shall order the [moth-
 6 er,] parties and the child [and the alleged father] to submit to one or
 7 more genetic marker or DNA marker tests of a type generally acknowledged
 8 as reliable by an accreditation body