New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6194: Establishes "Kyra's Law"

In committee Official data

Introduced
In committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both chambers
Enacted

Last official action: June 5, 2026 ·Record last updated: Nov 2, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC

Plain-language summary

A 6194 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes "Kyra's Law". Primary sponsor: Andrew Hevesi (Democratic). It lists 104 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 5, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY S5998C.

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Official summary

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

Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 53 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 2 · Democratic/Working Families 14 · Republican 13 · Republican/Conservative 15 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 6 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

Name	Role	Party	Chamber	District
Andrew Hevesi	Primary sponsor	Democratic	House	28
George Alvarez	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	78
Stacey Pheffer Amato	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	23
Joe Angelino	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence	House	121
Andrea Bailey	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	133
Didi Barrett	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	106
Anil Beephan	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	105
Scott Bendett	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	107
Michael Benedetto	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	82
Ken Blankenbush	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	117
Jake Blumencranz	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	15
Paul Bologna	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	144
Alex Bores	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	73
Karl Brabenec	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	98
Harry Bronson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	138
Alec Brook-Krasny	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	46
Keith Brown	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence	House	12
Chris Burdick	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Independence/Working Families	House	93
Noah Burroughs	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	18
Marianne Buttenschon	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	119
Pat Carroll	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	96
Michael Cashman	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	115
Lester Chang	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	49
Pat Chludzinski	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	143
Sarah Clark	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	136
William Colton	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	47
Bill Conrad	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Independence/Working Families	House	140
Vivian Cook	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	32
Catalina Cruz	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	39
Brian Cunningham	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	43
Maritza Davila	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	53
Joe DeStefano	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	3
Jeffrey Dinowitz	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	81
Michael Durso	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian	House	9
Chris Eachus	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	99
Harvey Epstein	Co-sponsor	Not applicable (committee)	—	—
Mike Fitzpatrick	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	8
Jeff Gallahan	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	131
Jarett Gandolfo	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence	House	7
Eddie Gibbs	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	68
Jodi Giglio	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	2
Deborah Glick	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	66
Jessica González-Rojas	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	34
Judy Griffin	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	21
Steve Hawley	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	139
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	42
Larinda Hooks	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	35
Pamela Hunter	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	128
Chantel Jackson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	79
Josh Jensen	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence	House	134
Rebecca Kassay	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	4
Paula Kay	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	100
Anna Kelles	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	125
Micah Lasher	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	69
Charles Lavine	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	13
Grace Lee	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	65
John Lemondes	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence	House	126
Dana Levenberg	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	95
Jen Lunsford	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	135
Donna Lupardo	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	123
Brian Maher	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	101
Brian Manktelow	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	130
John McDonald	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	108
Dave McDonough	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	14
Karen McMahon	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	146
Demond Meeks	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	137
John Mikulin	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	17
Brian Miller	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	122
Angelo Morinello	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	145
Danny Norber	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	16
Misha Novakhov	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	45
Steve Otis	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	91
Phil Palmesano	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	132
Amy Paulin	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	88
Ed Ra	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	19
Steven Raga	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	30
Jenifer Rajkumar	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	38
Karines Reyes	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	87
Jon Rivera	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	149
Gabriella Romero	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	109
Linda Rosenthal	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	67
Manny De Los Santos	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	72
Nader Sayegh	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	90
Tommy John Schiavoni	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	1
Rebecca Seawright	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	76
Joe Sempolinski	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	148
Amanda Septimo	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	84
MaryJane Shimsky	Co-sponsor	Democratic/Working Families	House	92
Jo Anne Simon	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	52
Tony Simone	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	75
Matt Simpson	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative/Independence	House	114
Matt Slater	Co-sponsor	Republican/Conservative	House	94
Doug Smith	Co-sponsor	Republican	House	5
Michaelle Solages	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	22
Phil Steck	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	110
Steve Stern	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	10
Al Stirpe	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	127
Yudelka Tapia	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	86
Al Taylor	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	71
Latrice Walker	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	55
David Weprin	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	24
Jaime Williams	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	59
Carrie Woerner	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	113
John Zaccaro	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	80
Stefani Zinerman	Co-sponsor	Democratic	House	56

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

Recent official actions

June 5, 2026SUBSTITUTED BY S5998C
June 5, 2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.536
June 5, 2026RULES REPORT CAL.536
June 5, 2026REPORTED
June 4, 2026REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
June 3, 2026REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
May 20, 2026PRINT NUMBER 6194C
May 20, 2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
January 7, 2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
June 10, 2025PRINT NUMBER 6194B
June 10, 2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
June 9, 2025PRINT NUMBER 6194A

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Bill text — A6194C (official legislature file)

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Key facts

Bill: A 6194
Chamber: House
Introduced: February 27, 2025
Stage: In committee
Last action: June 5, 2026

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