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New YorkS 5502025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment

Sponsored By: Jabari Brisport (Democratic)

Became Law

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Statewide hotline and faster abuse reports

The law sets one statewide phone number to report child abuse or neglect, open 24/7. Mandated reporters get a special unlisted phone and a fax line, and can check for prior reports. The Office of Children and Family Services uses bias‑reduction steps, then sends reports right away to the local child protective service, with the caller’s name, contact, and any prior reports. Reports are not rejected just because the caller cannot name a perpetrator. The Office flags serious cases (sexual abuse, a child’s death, or other court‑defined abuse) and repeat reports: when a mandated reporter alleges physical harm within six months and there are two other indicated or pending reports for the same child, sibling, or household. Local child protective service plans still apply.

Reporter identity required, stronger privacy

Before a report is sent to a local child protective service, the caller must give their name and contact information. If a caller declines, the register connects them to a supervisor to explain confidentiality protections. If they still decline, the supervisor offers the HEARS Family Line and community services, and warns that knowingly false or retaliatory reports can be a crime under Penal Law 240.50(4). For people who are not mandated reporters, the register and the commissioner keep the reporter’s identity confidential, unless the reporter agrees, a judge orders it, or a specific law allows it. A court can issue a protective order if disclosure would endanger the reporter, and the commissioner can block release if it would harm safety or interests of the reporter, a cooperating person, or their agency. People named in a report can still request a copy of the record, but the reporter’s identity is withheld unless the law allows it. These special identity protections do not apply to mandated reporters.

When these changes take effect

Most of this law takes effect now. Section one starts 180 days after the law became effective.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jabari Brisport

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Andrew Gounardes

    Democratic • Senate

  • Brad Hoylman-Sigal

    Democratic • Senate

  • Cordell Cleare

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dean Murray

    Republican • Senate

  • Gustavo Rivera

    Democratic • Senate

  • James Sanders Jr.

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jessica Ramos

    Democratic • Senate

  • José M. Serrano

    Democratic • Senate

  • Julia Salazar

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lea Webb

    Democratic • Senate

  • Leroy Comrie

    Democratic • Senate

  • Luis R. Sepúlveda

    Democratic • Senate

  • Nathalia Fernandez

    Democratic • Senate

  • Pete Harckham

    Democratic • Senate

  • Robert Jackson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Robert Rolison

    Republican • Senate

  • Samra Brouk

    Democratic • Senate

  • Zellnor Myrie

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 4

Senate vote • 6/9/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 60 • No: 2

Senate vote • 5/19/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 54 • No: 2

committee vote • 5/13/2025

Finance Committee Vote

Yes: 22 • No: 0

committee vote • 1/21/2025

Children And Families Committee Vote

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. APPROVAL MEMO.49

    12/19/2025Senate

  2. SIGNED CHAP.668

    12/19/2025Senate

  3. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    12/8/2025Senate

  4. RETURNED TO SENATE

    6/16/2025House

  5. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/16/2025House

  6. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.409

    6/16/2025House

  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR A66A

    6/16/2025House

  8. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    6/9/2025House

  9. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/9/2025Senate

  10. REPASSED SENATE

    6/9/2025Senate

  11. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 550A

    5/27/2025Senate

  12. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

    5/27/2025Senate

  13. RETURNED TO SENATE

    5/27/2025House

  14. RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

    5/27/2025Senate

  15. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    5/19/2025House

  16. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    5/19/2025Senate

  17. PASSED SENATE

    5/19/2025Senate

  18. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    5/15/2025Senate

  19. 2ND REPORT CAL.

    5/14/2025Senate

  20. 1ST REPORT CAL.1037

    5/13/2025Senate

  21. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    1/21/2025Senate

  22. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    1/8/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Amendment A

    5/27/2025

    PDF

  • Original

    1/2/2025

    PDF

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