S 5240 New York Senate · 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 20, 2025 Last action Jun 5, 2026
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What changed between versions

S5240 S5240A · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to add a new sponsor and update its status to reflect that it has been amended and reprinted. The substantive legal text regarding post-termination visitation procedures remains largely unchanged, though a minor clarification was added to the modification section to explicitly state that changes must be in the child's best interest.
TECHNICAL

Added Senator CLEARE as a co-sponsor and updated the bill status to indicate it has been amended and recommitted to the committee.

Added a specific requirement in the modification section that any changes to visitation orders must be determined to be in the best interest of the child.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 5, 2026
Committee
COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5240A
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors