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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5228: Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives

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

S 5228 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives. Primary sponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

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 office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamaal BaileyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5

“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 WAYS AND MEANS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1358
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. PRINT NUMBER 5228A
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  8. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  9. RETURNED TO SENATE
  10. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  11. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  12. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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