Assembly Actions -
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Jun 06, 2018 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1546 |
Jun 05, 2018 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to children and families |
Jun 21, 2017 |
committed to rules |
May 08, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 03, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 02, 2017 |
1st report cal.710 |
Jan 20, 2017 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S3266
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
2017-S3266 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1071
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Domestic Relations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §§75-m & 111-d, Dom Rel L; add §§643 & 658, Fam Ct Act; add §393, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
A9371
2015-2016: S4264, A5069
2019-2020: S4536, A1721
2021-2022: S4407, A2113
2017-S3266 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and prohibits the department of social services from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind.
2017-S3266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3266 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in relation to prohibiting the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; and to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and to prohibiting a local social services agency from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : An act to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in relation to prohibiting the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; and to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and to prohibiting a local social services agency from taking actions solely because a parent,
2017-S3266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3266 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, AVELLA, GRIFFO, HAMILTON, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in relation to prohibiting the making of decisions concerning guardian- ship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; and to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and to prohibiting a local social services agency from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "blind persons right to parent act". § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds the following: a. All blind Americans have the right to found a family, to freely and responsibly decide on the number and spacing of their children, and to retain the custody of their offspring on an equal basis with others. This right to parent is rooted in the due process clause of the Four- teenth Amendment; however, blind people are often stripped of these constitutional rights when state statutes, judicial decisions, and child welfare practices are based on the presumption that blindness automat- ically means parental incompetence. b. The presumption that blindness automatically means parental incom- petence is a misconception. Given the proper tools and education, blind- ness can be reduced to a physical nuisance. Because many sighted people do not understand the techniques that blind people use to accomplish everyday tasks, sighted judges, social workers, and state official EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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