NY A02901 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

New York Assembly Bill 2901 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 69-27)
Status: Engrossed on June 18 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-07 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Pending: Senate Children and Families Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Relates to adoptee rights; clarifies language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories of adoptees; permits an adopted adult to access certain records when they reach the age of 18; creates a contact preference to be filed by birth parents.

Title

Sponsors

Asm. David Weprin [D]	Asm. Walter Mosley [D]	Asm. Steven Otis [D]	Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]
Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Michele Titus [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]
Sen. Shelley Mayer [D]	Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Victor Pichardo [D]	Asm. Michael Cusick [D]
Asm. Anthony Brindisi [D]	Sen. Dean Murray [R]	Asm. Fred Thiele [D]	Asm. Karl Brabenec [R]
Asm. David DiPietro [R]	Asm. Matthew Titone [D]	Asm. Sandra Galef [D]	Asm. Andrew Raia [R]
Asm. Albert Stirpe [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Erik Dilan [D]	Asm. Angela Wozniak [R]
Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Guillermo Linares [D]	Asm. Michael Kearns [D]	Asm. Phillip Steck [D]
Asm. Peter Lopez [R]	Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Diane Richardson [D]	Asm. Ron Kim [D]
Asm. Dov Hikind [D]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]	Asm. Kimberly Jean-Pierre [D]	Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]
Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn [D]	Asm. Latoya Joyner [D]	Asm. Angelo Santabarbara [D]	Asm. Michael DenDekker [D]
Asm. Michael Blake [D]	Asm. Pamela Hunter [D]	Asm. Carmen Arroyo [D]	Asm. Didi Barrett [D]
Asm. David Buchwald [D]	Asm. Marc Butler [R]	Asm. John Ceretto [R]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]
Asm. Brian Curran [R]	Asm. Maritza Davila [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Janet Duprey [R]
Asm. Steven Englebright [D]	Asm. Patricia Fahy [D]	Asm. Herman Farrell [D]	Asm. Joseph Giglio [R]
Asm. Mark Gjonaj [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Alfred Graf [R]	Asm. Stephen Hawley [R]
Asm. Mark Johns [R]	Asm. Steve Katz [R]	Asm. Brian Kolb [R]	Asm. Kieran Lalor [R]
Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. Donna Lupardo [D]	Asm. Chad Lupinacci [R]	Asm. William Magee [D]
Asm. Nicole Malliotakis [R]	Asm. John McDonald [D]	Asm. David McDonough [R]	Asm. Thomas McKevitt [R]
Asm. Michael Miller [D]	Asm. Francisco Moya [D]	Asm. Robert Oaks [R]	Asm. Philip Palmesano [R]
Sen. Anthony Palumbo [R]	Asm. Amy Paulin [D]	Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]
Asm. Gary Pretlow [D]	Asm. Edward Ra [R]	Asm. Philip Ramos [D]	Asm. Jose Rivera [D]
Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. Robert Rodriguez [D]	Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Sen. Sean Ryan [D]
Asm. Michelle Schimel [D]	Asm. Michael Simanowitz [D]	Asm. Frank Skartados [D]	Asm. Michaelle Solages [D]
Sen. Daniel Stec [R]	Asm. Raymond Walter [R]	Asm. Keith Wright [D]	Asm. Kenneth Zebrowski [D]

Roll Calls

2015-06-18 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 125 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-07	Senate	REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
2016-06-07	Assembly	delivered to senate
2016-06-07	Assembly	passed assembly
2016-05-25	Assembly	amended on third reading 2901c
2016-02-24	Assembly	amended on third reading 2901b
2016-01-06	Assembly	ordered to third reading cal.131
2016-01-06	Senate	RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2016-01-06	Senate	DIED IN SENATE
2015-06-18	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES
2015-06-18	Assembly	delivered to senate
2015-06-18	Assembly	passed assembly
2015-06-17	Assembly	ordered to third reading rules cal.518
2015-06-17	Assembly	rules report cal.518
2015-06-17	Assembly	reported
2015-06-16	Assembly	reported referred to rules
2015-06-14	Assembly	print number 2901a
2015-06-14	Assembly	amend (t) and recommit to codes
2015-02-10	Assembly	reported referred to codes
2015-01-20	Assembly	referred to health

Same As/Similar To

S03314 (Same As) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
S05964 (Same As) 2016-05-25 - PRINT NUMBER 5964B

New York State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02901&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02901&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02901
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02901&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02901A
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02901&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02901B
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02901&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A02901C
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02901&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1