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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1994: Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage or work a minimum number of hours to be eligible for child care assistance

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

S 1994 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage or work a minimum number of hours to be eligible for child care assistance. Primary sponsor: Jessica Ramos (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 10, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jessica RamosPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
  3. COMMITTED TO RULES
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.137
  7. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Sources

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