A 4940 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent

Summary
Establishes procedures regarding orders of post-termination visitation and/or contact between a child and such child's parent and for modification of such orders.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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What changed between versions

A4940A A4940B · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill version adds new co-sponsors to the legislation and updates the procedural history to reflect recent committee actions. Substantively, it modifies the rules for modifying post-termination visitation orders by removing the requirement to prove that consent was unreasonably withheld, replacing it with a standard focused solely on the child's best interest.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding who can sponsor the legislation has expanded to include seven additional members, and the procedural status of the bill within the legislature has been updated.
SCOPE

Seven new legislators (Romero, Taylor, Kim, Forrest, Gallagher) were added as co-sponsors to the bill.

REQUIREMENT

The legal standard for modifying a post-termination visitation order was changed; the requirement to prove that a party's consent was 'unreasonably withheld' was removed, leaving only the 'best interest of the child' as the criterion for modification.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4940B
lower
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4940A
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors

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