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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5352: Directs the department of social services to establish an outdoor, nature-based child care pilot project

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5352 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the department of social services to establish an outdoor, nature-based child care pilot project. Primary sponsor: Anna Kelles (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2026): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Directs the department of social services to establish an outdoor, nature-based child care pilot project to explore establishing licensing guidelines for the operation of outdoor, nature-based child care programs in an outdoor space and that employ a nature-based early learning curriculum to teach enrolled children.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Anna KellesPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Brian MaherCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse101
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Michaelle SolagesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  2. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  3. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.223
  5. RULES REPORT CAL.223
  6. REPORTED
  7. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  8. PRINT NUMBER 5352C
  9. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
  10. PRINT NUMBER 5352B
  11. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
  12. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source