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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 9899: Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act

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 9899 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on April 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act. Primary sponsor: Jeremy Zellner (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 13, 2026): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

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.

Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy ZellnerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate61

“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 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Sources

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