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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7738: Authorizes shelters to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy

Passed both chambers 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 7738 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes shelters to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy. Primary sponsor: Andrew Gounardes (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

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.

Authorizes shelters for victims of domestic violence to be reimbursed for any payment differential for housing a single individual in a room intended for double occupancy where a single occupancy room is not available.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew GounardesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.116
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A3264B
  5. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.853
  11. PRINT NUMBER 7738A
  12. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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