New York A 4045: Relates to findings in child abuse or neglect proceedings

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A04045 Summary:

BILL NOA04045 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00789

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SPONSORLasher

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1051, Fam Ct Act (as proposed in S.9745 & A.7348)

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Relates to findings in child abuse or neglect proceedings.

Go to top A04045 Actions:

BILL NOA04045 

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01/30/2025referred to children and families

02/25/2025reported referred to codes

03/04/2025reported referred to rules

03/04/2025reported 

03/04/2025rules report cal.106

03/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.106

03/05/2025substituted by s789

&nbspS00789 AMEND= BRISPORT

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.63

&nbsp02/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/10/2025referred to children and families

&nbsp03/05/2025substituted for a4045

&nbsp03/05/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.106

&nbsp03/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp03/11/2025returned to senate

&nbsp03/20/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp03/20/2025SIGNED CHAP.110

Go to topA04045 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi 
DATE:02/25/2025AYE/NAY:17/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes HevesiAyeMaherAye

DavilaAyePirozzoloAye

AndersonAyeJensenAye

ClarkAyeBolognaAye

LunsfordAyeMolitorAye

MeeksAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

MitaynesAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LasherAye

WiederAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:03/04/2025AYE/NAY:22/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:03/04/2025AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayExcused

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzExcusedBrabenecAye

ColtonExcusedPalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA04045 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA04045 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4045

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to findings in child
 abuse or neglect proceedings in family court

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision (f) of section 1051 of
 2 the family court act, as added by chapter 430 of the laws of 1994, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 Prior to accepting an admission to an allegation or permitting a
 5 respondent to consent to a finding of neglect or abuse, the court shall
 6 inform the respondent that such an admission or consent will result in
 7 the court making a fact-finding order of neglect or abuse, as the case
 8 may be, and shall further inform the respondent in substantially the
 9 following terms of the potential consequences of such order, including
 10 but not limited to the following:
 11 § 2. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (f) of section 1051 of the family
 12 court act, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
 13 family court act relating to notices given to respondents in child abuse
 14 and neglect proceedings in family court, as proposed in legislative
 15 bills numbers S. 9745 and A. 7348, is amended to read as follows:
 16 (iii) that any report made to the state central register of child
 17 abuse and maltreatment of allegations on which the court makes a finding
 18 of abuse or neglect will remain indicated in the register until ten
 19 years after the eighteenth birthday of the youngest child named in such
 20 report unless such finding is vacated or dismissed, and that:
 21 (A) the respondent will be unable to amend such report in the state
 22 central register; and
 23 (B) [if the court finding is for neglect