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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4259: Relates to the establishment of a healthy birth grant demonstration program; excludes healthy birth grants from income for certain purposes

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 4259 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the establishment of a healthy birth grant demonstration program; excludes healthy birth grants from income for certain purposes. Primary sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

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.

Relates to the establishment of a healthy birth grant demonstration program; excludes healthy birth grants from income for certain purposes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew GounardesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26

“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 HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

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