Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A1955

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires a parent, law guardian or person legally responsible for a minor to be present during questioning by a peace or police officer

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-A1955 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §305.2, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1029
2011-2012: A989
2013-2014: A6630
2015-2016: A883
2017-2018: A4910
2019-2020: A633
2021-2022: A1305
2023-2024: A764

2025-A1955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a parent or other person legally responsible for a minor and the law guardian appointed pursuant to law to be present during questioning by a peace or police officer.

2025-A1955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1955
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to  questioning  of  a
   minor by peace or police officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 305.2 of the family court act,  as
 added by chapter 920 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
   3. If an officer takes such child into custody or if a child is deliv-
 ered  to  [him]  AN OFFICER under section 305.1, [he] SUCH OFFICER shall
 immediately notify THE FOLLOWING PERSONS THAT THE CHILD HAS  BEEN  TAKEN
 INTO  CUSTODY:  (A)  the parent, or other person legally responsible for
 the child's care, or if such legally responsible person  is  unavailable
 the  person  with whom the child resides, [that the child has been taken
 into custody]  AND (B) IF KNOWN BY THE OFFICER,  THE  ATTORNEY  FOR  THE
 CHILD,  IF ONE HAS BEEN APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-
 NINE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR ANY PENDING OR PREVIOUS COURT PROCEEDING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05248-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.