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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5434: Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care

In committee 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 5434 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care. Primary sponsor: Andrew Hevesi (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY S3781.

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.

Requires the office of children and family services to provide luggage to youth in foster care; provides that such luggage shall be distributed to social services districts for distribution to foster care youth; requires the office of children and family services to submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature about the distribution of luggage to foster care youth.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew HevesiPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Brian MaherCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse101
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
John ZaccaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY S3781
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.320
  3. RULES REPORT CAL.320
  4. REPORTED
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  7. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Sources

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