Assembly Actions -
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Oct 08, 2021 |
signed chap.442 |
Sep 28, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 03, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1444 substituted for s4407 |
May 25, 2021 |
referred to children and families delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.102 rules report cal.102 reported |
May 19, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
Jan 14, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A2113
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMON
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Kenneth Blankenbush
Vivian Cook
Andrew Hevesi
David McDonough
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
Michael Benedetto
William Colton
Sandy Galef
2021-A2113 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S4407
- Law Section:
- Domestic Relations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §§75-m & 111-d, Dom Rel L; add §§643 & 658, Fam Ct Act; add §393, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
A9371
2015-2016: A5069, S4264
2017-2018: A1071, S3266
2019-2020: A1721, S4536
2021-A2113 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and prohibits the department of social services from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind.
2021-A2113 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2113 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, BLANKENBUSH, COOK, HEVESI, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, PRETLOW, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINANTI, BENEDETTO, COLTON, GALEF, GOODELL, GOTTFRIED, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, MONTESANO, QUART, REYES, L. ROSENTHAL, STECK, WALLACE, WEPRIN, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judi- ciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in relation to prohibiting the making of decisions concerning guardian- ship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; and to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and to prohibiting a local social services agency from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "blind persons right to parent act". § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds the following: a. All blind Americans have the right to found a family, to freely and responsibly decide on the number and spacing of their children, and to retain the custody of their offspring on an equal basis with others. This right to parent is rooted in the due process clause of the Four- teenth Amendment; however, blind people are often stripped of these constitutional rights when state statutes, judicial decisions, and child welfare practices are based on the presumption that blindness automat- ically means parental incompetence. b. The presumption that blindness automatically means parental incom- petence is a misconception. Given the proper tools and education, blind- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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